Ballantyne and Drummond

BALLANTYNE & DRUMMOND, Merchant Tailors, 76, Robertson Street, Glasgow.

    The eminent Glasgow firm of Messrs, Ballantyne and Drummond rank prominently among the representatives of high-class trade in this City, and for upwards of fifteen years their operations have, to a large degree, contributed to the prosperity of Merchant Tailoring, a Branch of work in which they are well known to excel.

    The business was originally founded by Mr. Ballantyne, and Mr. Dykes was for some time a partner of the firm. Upon his retirement, Mr. Drummond was assumed as partner, and during the past two years the firm have been known under the title that heads this brief sketch. The situation of the house is, from any point of view, most favourable to the class of business represented, the firm’s premises being the first from Argyle Street ; and being substantial in appearance and tastefully arranged and appointed, they form a pleasing feature of the Robertson Street thoroughfare.

    Here are exhibited the latest and best fabrics in Cheviots, Meltons, Fancy Coatings, Vicunas, Serges, and Killarney Tweeds ; and there are an exhaustiveness and variety in the shades, textures, and patterns which afford ample choice to the most refined or the most fastidious taste. Many handsome cloths are shown in their varied adaptions to Ladies’ Tailor-made Dresses, Jackets, Ulsters, Riding Habits; and in this department alone. Messrs. Ballantyne and Drummond have acquired a reputation consistent with the splendid finish and style they illustrate in carrying out the wishes of their numerous lady patrons.

    The fitting room, office and work rooms are all towards the rear, and the basement is devoted to the purposes of damping and shrinking, a class of work whereby the firm are enabled to rely upon the sound quality and excellence of every class of tailoring productions they provide. All cloths brought into the establishment are tested with strong acid in order to ascertain the fastness of the dyes and to the absolute quality of their fabrics.

    Messrs. Ballantyne and Drummond devote an amount of attention and consideration well calculated to increase as well as preserve the confidence and appreciation of their large clientele. They are, at all times, in advance of the prevalent fashions, and display an exactitude in style only attainable by close observance of the various mutations in public taste. Style, fit, quality, and finish of workmanship are features in which Messrs. Ballantyne and Drummond have acquired a high standard fitted to resist all the possibilities of modern competition. Both gentlemen are well-known and esteemed for their zealous interest in maintaining the essentially high-class characteristics of the tailoring trade ; and while these are in no instance subordinated to mere cheapness, the firm have made moderate prices and good quality a standing rule, and are unsurpassed by any competing house in that fashionable art of which they have already proved themselves capable and intelligent masters.

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