HOS revisited: 1860s Day Dress

[Bugbear]

Box pleat kilts in 1860? I'm confused again.

[Dall_Piobaire]

Thanks once again Richard. These protraits are fantastic. I once though they were pretty idealized, but now I see they really are a compendium of everything. If I am not mistaken this book is hard to get now, so the effort you make to scan and post is much appreciated. Now if only I could really see the darn things!!!

Silly thing, but I have noticed that it seems the cap badges are right around over the eye, for the most part anyway. I thought cap badges were more of a modern thing as well. Are there many/any with plant badges, or was that primarily a field of battle thing?
Is this the the only such in depth text of it's kind?

[MacRobert's Reply]

I notice very few kilt pins. No blanket-pin types but circular or oval. One apparently a clan badge with strap and buckle.

BTW the the MacLeay prints are at:
http://www.tartansauthority.com/reso...leay-portraits

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Box pleat kilts in 1860? I'm confused again.

Nothing confusing about it. Box pleats were the original style for tailored kilts (beginning in the 1790s) and remained the common style for much of the nineteenth century. The first military regiment to make the switch to knife pleats were the Gordon Highlanders in 1854. It took a while after that for the knife pleated fashion to really catch on.

[Bugbear]

Nothing confusing about it. Box pleats were the original style for tailored kilts (beginning in the 1790s) and remained the common style for much of the nineteenth century. The first military regiment to make the switch to knife pleats were the Gordon Highlanders in 1854. It took a while after that for the knife pleated fashion to really catch on.

Ok, thanks, the time line was just a little scrambled in my mind, and it startled me. I think I'm going to have to disregard a few assertions that are commonly made on the forum, though.