Elphinstone Check
Its design is pattern GBG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
First appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842); resembles the Montgomerie and Montgomerie Hunting setts, suggesting early provenance.
The Elphinstone Check 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.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elphinstone Check | G/6 DP2 G/1 | 11 | 1842 | |
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| · ×4 — Elphinstone | 0.00 | G/24 DP8 G/4 | 44 | 1842 |
| · ×20 — (Clan) | 0.00 | G/120 DP40 G/20 | 220 | 1842 |
| 2 Variants: (Clan) · Elphinstone | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Elphinstone
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.