Lauder
A tartan of the Lauder family.
Its design is pattern GBGKGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Possibly designed by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, a friend of the Sobieski brothers; dates from 1842.
The Lauder tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauder | G/6 DB16 G6 K8 G30 R/4 | 130 | 1842 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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130

108

248

159

194

88

108

280

180

169

254

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.