Carnegie

A tartan of the Carnegie family.

Its design is pattern BRBRBRKGRGRGG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

Variant of MacDonell of Glengarry, adopted by Lord Southesk in the 1715 rebellion; Glengarry's white becomes yellow.

The Carnegie tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
CarnegieDB/3 R1 DB1 R2 DB6 R1 K6 G6 R2 G1 R1 G2 Y/162~1715
Carnegie sett
  · ×2 — Carnegie0.00DB/6 R2 DB2 R4 DB12 R2 K12 G12 R4 G2 R2 G4 Y/2124~1715
  · ×6 — Carnegie0.00DB/18 R6 DB6 R12 DB36 R6 K36 G36 R12 G6 R6 G12 Y/63721819
2 Variants: Carnegie · Carnegie

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