Hughes

A tartan of the Hughes family.

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

Welsh surname tartan woven at Cambrian Woollen Mill; asymmetric warp/weft creates a vertical stripe.

The Hughes 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.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
HughesG/80 DG56 DB36 Y8 DB36 K4 W/83681998
Hughes sett
(Inverbervie) (Personal)0.30G/72 DG48 T36 LY8 T36 K4 W/103461998
(Inverbervie) (Personal) sett

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