These exclusive tables mats and coasters, in 24 designs, are from the rare 19th century publication Gaelic Gatherings or The Highlanders at Home —  a unique historical work that combines  images and words to give a fascinating snapshot of what life was really like in the Highlands of Scotland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Painstaking research by author James Logan, coupled with  observant and evocative illustrations from actor-turned- painter Robert Ranald McIan,  show us how our Highland forebears lived . . . the jobs they did, the pastimes they pursued, the privations they endured.

Each and every essay by James Logan - couched in the flowery language of the day - adds more colourful pieces to the great mosaic of life in the Highlands of yesteryear.

The indomitable spirit of the Highlanders shine through even amongst those barely scratching an existence from the land and explains, more than any statistics can ever do, the huge exodus to the New World where their latent abilities blossomed and benefited every corner of the globe in which they settled.

Each individual mat is accompanied by a copy of James Logan's (1794 - 1854) original explanation of the R.R. McIan (1803 - 1856) painting and Logan's fascinating historical and social detail on the topic covered.