44 bands tartan setts

March 18, 2023 2 min 48 s

16 setts across 15 tartans with 44 bands, grouped by colour-sequence pattern. Patterns with fewer than 40 setts are listed in full below; busier ones link to their own page. Each variant shows ΔT — its mean distance (OKLab ΔE) from the pattern's base colours — nearest first, with a stripe bar in the nearest human-palette colour names (hover a stripe to read it).

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacAlister (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.12		MacAlister Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1465. Earliest known date: 1850 This plate is taken from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. The Smith's sources included the findings of George Hunter, an Army clothier, who toured the Highlands in search of old tartans prior to 1822. MacAlisters are descendants of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles. Contemporary accounts of Flora MacDonald (1746) suggest that MacAlisters wore the MacDonald tartan at that time. The MacAlister tartan certified by the chief in 1816 shows the MacDonald connection in its design. The present day Chief MacAlister of Loup was granted by Lord Lyon in 1991. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		MacAlister	weddslist
0.13		MacAlister	weddslist

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Coutts 80th (James Robert)	register-of-tartans

BRKBKBKBKBBWKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKWBBKBKBKBKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Unidentified (Miss Paterson)	register-of-tartans

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		New Brunswick or Beaverbrook District Tartan Tartan Number: 663. Earliest known date: 1959 The entry in the Lyon Court Books reads, "This tartan is assymetrical. The sett reading along the warp from the left may be divided into four equal sections of 190 threads. The first is symetrical, The second is assymetrical, The third is the same as the first, The fourth is the same as the second but in reverse" In reality the pattern is symetrical and has 380 threads in half sett as careful reading of Lord Lyons description reveals. The design was commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook and adopted by the Province. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		New Brunswick	register-of-tartans

BYBGGGGGGGBYBYBGRRRYRRRBYGYRGBYBYBGGGGGGGBYB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		New Brunswick, or Beaverbrook	weddslist

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		New Brunswick (Lyon Court Books)	register-of-tartans

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Kirkton	register-of-tartans

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Leith (Hay)	register-of-tartans

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacAlister	weddslist

WGKWBBWBBWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWBWRRWRRWGKWRRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Aberdeen	weddslist

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Aberdeen District Tartan Tartan Number: 1801. Earliest known date: pre 1794 There is evidence to suggest that the sett was introduced and named by Wilsons of Bannockburn during the period 1746-82 when tartan was proscribed by law. Aberdeen is one of Scotlands oldest district tartans. The first documentary evidence is contained in a purchase order, addressed to Wilson's, from Scott and Anderson, dated 20th June 1794. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

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ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Aberdeen - 1819 (District)	tartans-authority