Ladies and gentlemen in plaid in the 18th century

Once upon a time I heard that there were no plaid, or checkered clothes in the 18th century. Clearly that was not the case, as there actually are extant ones. Not to mention paintings.

Robe à la Française, 1760's

 

Robe a la Francaise, ca 1765

 

Robe à la Française, 1770-1790

  Not exactly plaid, but the pattern makes for a checkered look at a distance.

Robe à l'Anglaise, 1784-87

Silk caraco jacket, 1770's

 

 

I love this fashion plate and I live in hope that someone will make it one day.

 

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1797

 

François-Hubert Drouais, 1757

Princess Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Orange, nee Prussia by Johann Georg Ziesenis, 1768-1769

Her apron is clearly plaid, but is her caraco jacket? I think it looks spotted, but some say plaid.

 

Plucking the Turkey by Henry Walton, 1776

Young Moravian Girl. Johann Valentin Haidt

 

Oyster vendor after Mercier. Mezzotint

 

Portrait of a woman, unknown artist

Tartan were around in the 18th century, and evidently not only used for kilts. An article on 17th and 18th century Scottish costume can be found here.

 

Portrait of a Jacobite Lady by Cosmo Alexander, 1745-1750's

 

Flora McDonal by Allan Ramsey,

Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton, ca 1720

John Campbell by William Mosman, 1749

Dr. Sir Stuart Threipland, of Fingask

James and Alexander McDonald by William Blake

Prince Charles James Stuart by William Mosman, 1750

Woollen, twill-weave hard tartan man's coat, Scottish, 1740–50
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Waistcoat, 1775-80