I first brought up the question about button placement on doublets in the thread with the Northern Meeting drawings, but no one had an answer. I've pondered the question of buttons on doublets before...am I the only person who has noticed that on what we generally call "regulation doublets" and "Prince Charlie coatees" the buttons in former times consisted of 3 (or 4 or 5) buttons on the right side of the jacket along the opening, not the current display of 3 on each side in imitation of a full-dress evening coat ( white tie tail coat)? You can see this clearly by comparing the paintings of Mackenzie and Mackintosh.




One would be hard pressed to find a regulation doublet that does not have the ubiquitous 3 and 3 arrangement, without having to go bespoke.

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