17th Century European Men's Wear
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 15 items of seventeenth-century European men's dress dating from 1600 to 1685. This collection, the majority of which is in the Burrell Collection, is significant as examples of men's clothing from this period are particularly rare and items that do survive are often expensive, high quality accessories representative of the wealthier and more important members of society.
The collection comprises of one quilted waistcoat and a selection of accessories. The earliest are a group of nightcaps from 1600–20 and an internationally significant group of falconry accessories that was owned by James VI of Scots and I of England (1566–1625). There is also a small group of items related to the period of the Civil Wars or Wars of Three Kingdoms, including items attributed to Charles II (1630–85), when Prince of Wales, Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) and Major Hugh Buntine.
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