Possible Clues:

• The figure disbursed is on the outside and it's checked
• Having had to pay about a pound for this if you're a Scot
• Cloth for a Highlander
• Checkered
• Is the piano placed that way for Ascot, perhaps?
• Tartan cloth, part of Highland dress
• Part of Scots dress or Welsh party
• The correct wear for Ascot?
• Given money, about pound, for piece of cloth
• Handed over about a pound for woollen cloth