Erskine

A tartan of the Erskine family.

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

The Erskine tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
ErskineK/62 R8 K94 R94 K8 R/62532
Erskine sett
(MacGregor-Hastie)0.43K/12 R6 K56 R56 K6 R/12272~1950
(MacGregor-Hastie) sett
(Red)0.69W/12 R4 W58 R58 W4 R/122721980
(Red) sett

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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.

The Mary ErskineAragonCameron Black &MacKeaneMacDonald of ArdnamurchanHenry, W. A.MacIanNakayamaSwanstromMacLeod of Raasaygroundcomplexity

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