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Gairloch socks appeal sweeps curator battle vote for award-winning Wester Ross attraction; Highland Threads podcast set to throw spotlight on fascinating garments held in local museums By Hector MacKenzie Published: 18:45, 14 March 2021
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Irene Macintyre with Gairloch pattern sock.
WHILE it may have lacked the urgency of the US presidential election or the forthcoming Holyrood poll, an online battle for votes has seen a Wester Ross museum emerge top dog.
Plans for an online exhibition backed by Museums and Heritage Highland will see the spotlight turned on some fascinating garments in collections across the north. A tongue in cheek curator battle for the honour of which garment gets the special podcast treatment first in the Highland Threads series has been won by Karen Buchanan at award-winning Gairloch Museum after a huge final weekend surge in
Exquisite silk dress on loan to Historylinks to be featured in Highland Threads exhibition By Ali Morrison Published: 15:15, 02 March 2021
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Two Sutherland museums are taking part in online exhibition Highland Threads which launches next month.
Historylinks Museum at Dornoch and Strathnaver Museum at Bettyhill have both contributed a historic item of clothing for the exhibition which is focussing on textiles.
The Historylinks silk brocade dress.
Historylinks has put forward a silk brocade dress thought to have been designed and made by James Lehman in Spitalfields, London, in about 1719.