A Stitch in time: the story of a 17th century jacket
Last updated | 01/09/2010
This is the story of a man's jacket or doublet from the 1600's.
The series of panels [PDF: 3.4Mb] will tell of its history, how it was found and how we are looking after it today.
This exhibition ran from January 2007 to January 2008.
The Doublet Project won the coveted ICON (Institute of Conservation) UK Conservation Award 2007
The doublet has been generously donated to the permanent collections of Perth Museum & Art Gallery by the descendants of Helen McBain Menzies. Perth Museum & Art Gallery would like to thank:
The descendants of Helen McBain Menzies,
in particular, Joyce Henderson
The National Lottery The Heritage Lottery Fund
Clare Browne The Victoria & Albert Museum
Mark McShane Perth & Kinross Council
Ninya Mikhaila Historical Costumier
Susan North The Victoria & Albert Museum
Tuula Pardoe The Scottish Conservation Studio
Kay Staniland Textile historian
Naomi Tarrant Textile historian
David Wilcox Edinburgh College of Art
Hopetoun House Preservation Trust
