Jacobite
A tartan of the Jacobite family.
Its design is pattern WRBWGWBRWRBWYWBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Jacobite-era tartan dating to c.1815, worn by clanless Scots as an alternative to district tartans.
The Jacobite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobite ★ | W/4 R8 DB8 W4 G36 W4 DB8 R8 W4 R8 DB8 W4 LO36 W4 DB8 R8 W/4 | 320 | ~1815 | |
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| Jacobite | 1.25 | W/2 R4 DB4 W2 G16 W2 DB4 R4 W2 R4 DB4 W2 B16 W2 DB4 R4 W/2 | 152 | — |
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| (1712) (Universal) | 1.25 | W/4 R8 DB8 W4 G32 W4 DB8 R8 W4 R8 DB8 W4 Y32 W4 DB8 R8 W/4 | 304 | 1712 |
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| Jacobite | 1.40 | W/4 R8 DB8 W4 G36 W4 DB8 R8 W4 R8 DB8 W4 B36 W4 DB8 R8 W/4 | 320 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Jacobite General
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.


