box pleated kilt

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Parenthetically, what is the time frame for the box pleated kilt? Isn't the philibeg a non-sewn version of the box pleated? The forerunner? So...from what earliest date to what latest date (before it nearly disappears only to be revived recently) would one expect to see the four yard box pleated kilt being worn.

The earliest tailored kilt that has been documented is a Gordon Highlanders regimental kilt from 1794. It was just over 3 yards in length and was box pleated to the stripe.

It was also the Gordon Highlanders who were the first military regiment to switch over to knife pleating some 60 years later in 1854.

So the "era of the four yard box pleated kilt" is anywhere from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.