Birse
A tartan of the Birse family.
Its design is pattern KGKYBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Unmarked sample from the MacGregor-Hastie collection, dating between 1930 and 1950.
The Birse tartan groups 2 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birse ★ | K/8 DG32 K28 LY6 T32 R/8 | 212 | 1957 | |
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| Birse | 0.21 | K/8 G32 K28 Y6 DB32 R/8 | 212 | 1930 |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.