Hamilton
A tartan of the Hamilton family.
Its design is pattern BRBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Red variant of the Hamilton tartan first recorded in the Sobieski Stuarts' 1842 Vestiarium Scoticum, likely their invention.
The Hamilton tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton ★ | DB/6 R1 DB6 R9 W/1 | 39 | 1842 | |
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| · ×2 — Hamilton | 0.00 | DB/12 R2 DB12 R18 W/2 | 78 | — |
| · ×4 — Red Clan Tartan | 0.00 | DB/24 R4 DB24 R36 W/4 | 156 | 1842 |
| 2 Variants: Hamilton · Red Clan Tartan | ||||
| (Clan) | 0.42 | DB/32 R8 DB32 R60 W/8 | 240 | 1842 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Hamilton Red
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.