European Regional Dress
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 160 items of regional dress and accessories. Regional dress may also be referred to as folk, national or traditional costume, and is clothing worn as a means of showing a specific ethnic, geographic or national identity. The collection is predominately women's wear but includes some men's wear dating from the mid 1700s to the mid 1900s.
The large part of this collection represents Scottish and Highland dress including tartan kilts, plaids and samples, bonnets and sporrans, including a significant 1740s' hard tartan coat. The collection also includes items of dress and accessories from the rest of the United Kingdom and continental Europe, including Scandinavia and the Balkans. The majority of these continental European garments were acquired historically by donors as souvenirs of travel. Today Glasgow Museums is keen to acquire outfits that reflect the family histories of new Scots.
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