Dunbar
A tartan of the Dunbar family.
Its design is pattern KWKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Lowland family sett first appearing in the 1842 Vestiarium Scoticum; a separate Dunbar district pattern was woven by Wilson's around 1850.
The Dunbar tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | R/56 K8 W4 K/26 | 106 | 1840 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Dunbar Ancient
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.











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