I have made many coats from the eighteenth and nineteenth century's for myself and others. My sales have been to reenactors in the past but now I am setting myself up to be an artisan seller for this site.

I have been looking at the MacLeay Paintings for some time and am going to create clothing inspired by elements of them. Looking at wool cloth now to make a waistcoat for myself, then coats, neckscarves. Trying to convince my wife to knit some diced hose.


That coatee and waistcoat are unusual. Having no collar, open cuffs on the coatee, and the gold lace on the waistcoat are more 18th cen features than 1860's. Then there are the epaulets that button on the sleeve seam ,or both sides, that I have only seen on 1812 French Habits. Going back to the past and lack of uniformity seem to have been features of Scots tailors.