Erskine
A tartan of the Erskine family.
Its design is pattern BWBWBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
One of several dress tartans by Edinburgh kiltmaker Hugh Macpherson, white substituted for a ground colour for dancing.
The Erskine tartan groups 4 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 |
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| Erskine ★ | DB/12 W4 DB58 W58 DB4 W/12 | 272 | 1980 | |
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| Grey | 0.68 | N/12 LB4 N50 LB50 N4 LB/12 | 240 | — |
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| Purple (Dance) Fashion Tartan | 3.11 | DP/12 W4 DP58 W58 DP4 W/12 | 272 | 1980 |
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| Purple (Dance) | 3.44 | DP/12 W6 DP54 W54 DP6 W/12 | 264 | 1980 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Erskine Blue
- Erskine Purple
- Erskine Royal Blue Dress
- Erskine, Blue
- Erskine, Grey
- Erskine, Purple
- Erskine, dress
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.