Historical Scottish Clothing Project
Descriptions and Depictions of Historical Scottish Clothing

by Sharon L. Krossa

Last updated 29 Jun 2005  

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Gaelic Culture

Gaelic Culture - General - Descriptions

Author Item Year 1st
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Year
Describing
Last
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  Disclothing Act of 1746 1746 1746 1746 6 Mar 2002

Gaelic Culture - Men - Descriptions

Author Item Year 1st
Published
Year
Written
Year
Describing
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? Magnus Berfaet's Saga     1093 1 Jan 2000
John Major Major's Description of Wild Scots in History of Greater Britain 1521   As yet unidentified 1 Jan 2000
Materials for King James V's Highland Clothing in Lord High Treasurer's Accounts   1538 1538 27 Sep 2003
John Elder Elder's Letter to Henry VIII   1542x3 1542x3 27 Sep 2003
Jean de Beaugué De Beaugué's Description of Highlanders in L'Histoire de la Guerre dEcosse 1556   1548-9 1 Jan 2000
Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie The Historie and Croniclis of Scotland 1573   As yet unidentified ND
Bishop John Lesley De Origine, Moribus et Rebus Gestis Scotorum 1578   As yet unidentified ND
George Buchanan Rerum Scoticarum Historia 1581   As yet unidentified ND
Nicolay D'Arfeville The Islands and Kingdom of Scotland 1583     ND
W. R. A Manuscript History of the Gordons     1592 ND
Lughaidh ó Clerigh Description of Scottish Soldiers in The Life of Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill   17th C. 1594 1 Jan 2000
Robert Gordon of Straloch     mid-17th C.   ND
John Taylor The Pennylesse Pilgrimage 1633   1618 27 Sep 2003
John Aston Journal of John Aston     1639 ND
Thomas Kirk Journal of Thomas Kirk     1677 ND
William Cleland A Mock POEM, Upon the EXPEDITION Of the Highland-host: Who came to destroy the Western Shires, in Winter 1678 1697   1678 ND
Governor William Sacheverell An Account of the Isle of Man, with a Voyage to I-Columb-kill 1702   1688 ND
Martin Martin Martin Martin's Description of Hebridean Men's Clothing in A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland 1703   c. 1695 1 Jan 2000
Martin Martin Martin Martin's Description of Men's Clothing on St. Kilda in A Late Voyage to St. Kilda 1698   1697 1 Jan 2000
Rev. James Brome Travels over England, Scotland and Wales 1700     ND
London Observator New Trip To Scotland 1708     ND
George Keith, Earl Marischal Memoirs 1843   1715 ND
Defoe Memoirs of a Cavalier (a novel) 1720   1639 ND
John Macky A Journey through Scotland 1723     ND
Burt Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland 1754 c. 1730 c. 1730 ND

Gaelic Culture - Men - Depictions

Author Item Year
Produced
Year
Depicting
Last
Updated
Islay Grave Slab 14th? or 15th? C. 14th? or 15th? C. 1 Jan 2000
Deserps Le Capitaine Sauvage 1562 1562 ND
Tielssch Highland Man and Woman 17th C 17th C ND
German Broadsheet 1631 1631 ND
Blaeu? Heading of Blaeu's Map of Scotia Antiqua 1643 1643 ND
Highland Man from Speed's Map of Scotland 1662 1662 17 Jul 2002
Michael Wright Portrait of An Unknown Highland Chief c. 1660 c. 1660 ND
Slezer Theatrum Scotiæ 1698   ND
Richard Waitt Portrait of Alistair Grant 1714 1714 ND
Richard Waitt Portrait of Kenneth Sutherland, Baron Duffus 1711x1734 1711x1734 ND
  Portrait of Major Fraser of Castle Leathers     ND
  Illustration in Daniel Defoe's novel Life of Mr. Duncan Campbell 1720   ND
Burt Sketch in Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland 1754 c. 1730 ND
David Morier Culloden by David Morier 1746 1746 4 Jun 2001
  Drawing of stone carving of the arms of Skene of that Ilk from Skene published in Alexander Nisbet's Heraldic Plates early 19th C. 1672 ND
Alexander Fraser Drawing of plaster carving of the arms of Burnett of Leys from Muchalls published in The Family of Burnett of Leys 1899 1627 ND

Gaelic Culture - Women - Descriptions

Author Item Year 1st
Published
Year
Written
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Describing
Last
Updated
Governor William Sacheverell An Account of the Isle of Man, with a Voyage to I-Columb-kill 1702   1688 ND
Martin Martin Martin Martin's Description of Hebridean Women's Clothing in A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland 1703   c. 1695 1 Jan 2000
Martin Martin Martin Martin's Description of Women's Clothing on St. Kilda in A Late Voyage to St. Kilda 1698   1697 1 Jan 2000
Burt Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland 1754 c. 1730 c. 1730 ND

Gaelic Culture - Women - Depictions

Author Item Year
Produced
Year
Depicting
Last
Updated
Deserps La Sauvage d'Escosse 1562 1562 ND
Tielssch Highland Man and Woman 17th C. 17th C. ND
Highland Woman from Speed's Map of Scotland 1662 1662 17 Jul 2002

Lowland Culture

Lowland Culture - Men - Depictions

Author Item Year
Produced
Year
Depicting
Last
Updated
Deserps L'Escossois 1562 1562 ND
Wode Wode's Scottish Metrical Psalter Part Books 16th C. 16th C. 29 Jun 2005
Scotch Man from Speed's Map of Scotland 1662 1662 17 Jul 2002

Lowland Culture - Women - Descriptions

Author Item Year 1st
Published
Year
Written
Year
Describing
Last
Updated
Fynes Moryson Fynes Moryson's Description of Lowland Women's Clothing 1598     4 Jun 2001
Brereton Brereton's Description of Edinburgh Women's Clothing 1636     5 Jun 2001

Lowland Culture - Women - Depictions

Author Item Year
Produced
Year
Depicting
Last
Updated
Deserps L'Escossoise 1562 1562 ND
Scotch Woman from Speed's Map of Scotland 1662 1662 17 Jul 2002

Indeterminate Culture

Indeterminate Culture - Men - Descriptions

Author Item Year 1st
Published
Year
Written
Year
Describing
Last
Updated
Guibert of Nogent Gesta Dei per Francos ("The Deeds of God Through the Franks")   1104x12 1095-99 15 Jun 2004
? Comparison of Navarrese to Scots in Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela 12th C. 12th C. 12th C. 1 Jan 2000

Not Scottish But Erroneously Thought Scottish

Not Scottish But Erroneously Thought Scottish - Men - Depictions

Author Item Explanation Year
Produced
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Depicting
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Updated
Figure from Gordon of Rothiemay's Map of Aberdeen Actually typical clothing of Holland, where map was apparently engraved (so not a depiction of a belted plaid or kilt) 1661 1661 ND

Not Scottish But Relevant For Comparison

Not Scottish But Relevant For Comparison - Irish - Depictions

Author Item Year 1st
Published
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Produced
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Depicting
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John Derrick John Derrick's The Image of Irelande 1581 1578 or 1581 late 16th C. 28 Jun 2005

 

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