Worn cloth jacket of dark brown wool, patched and lined with various cloths, found at Gunnister, Shetland, late 17th century

Royal Stewart hard tartan jacket, red base with blue, black, green, yellow and white stripes, with thistle decoration on the collar and twenty-six brass buttons marked 'CLANN NA 'N GAEL LUNNINN', associated with the Highland Society of London, c.1816

Royal Stewart hard tartan jacket, red base with blue, black, green, yellow and white stripes, with domed pewter buttons and a high standing blue velvet collar and matching cuffs decorated with silver thistles, once belonging to Sir John James Scott Douglas c.1820

Royal Stewart hard tartan jacket, red base with blue, black, green, yellow and white stripes, with paste glass buttons and a high standing green velvet collar and matching cuffs decorated with gold thistles, once belonging to Sir John James Scott Douglas c.1822

Child's white cotton jacket

Jacket of purplish-blue serge with a standing collar, part of court suit said to have been worn by William Boswell on George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822

Officer's dress jacket, c. 1820 - 1828

Hard tartan jacket

Jacket of peach-coloured velvet with gold printed design: Italian, Venice, by Mariano Fortuny, c. 1920 - 1930

Highland jacket for a small boy, in black velvet with silver buttons, said to have belonged to King Edward VII as Prince of Wales: British, c. 1845

Jacket, part of a suit of Highland dress belonging to William Blackhall of Blackfaulds and worn during King George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822

Jacket of a woman's two-piece suit in striped blue wool: France, Paris, Jean Desses, c. 1952

Woman's jacket of green and blue shot rayon, part of a suit made from a Vogue pattern from fabric purchased from Jenners: British, late 1950s

Woman's jacket of deep blue silk, woven with the emblems of the Eight Daoist Immortals and embroidered with narcissus and ochids: China, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century AD

Girl's jacket (saekdong jeogori) of striped silk, worn over a long sleeveless dress: Korea, Joseon Dynasty, late 19th century AD

Jacket, part of an ensemble worn by a woman at the Court of Bhopal, pale blue satin trimmed with gold and silver tinsel: India, Bhopal, mid 19th century