Blended fabric in the 19th century was known as Union Cloth or Union Fabric. One of the common blends for finer quality garments for women and men was worsted wool and silk. This lightweight fabric provided the warmth of wool, and the drape and sheen of silk.
"Glen Check" or "Glen Plaid" was adopted in the 1840s by Lady Caroline Countess of Seafield for her Glen Urquhart estate. Being a handloom weaver she is sometimes credited with being the designer but it seems more probable that it was made up by Elizabeth Macdougall of Lewston, a little village at the foot of the glen.
- This is a Time Traveling fabric with a beautiful hand, soft drape, and is light to medium weight.
- It is well suited to garments dated from the 1840s to present.
- 52% Silk & 48% Australian Wool, 61 inches wide.
- 5.6 oz per sq yard; 189.1 grams per sq meter
