MacAlister of Glenbarr
A tartan of the MacAlister of Glenbarr family.
Its design is pattern GRGRGRBRGRBRBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
MacAlister of Glenbarr variant identical to the MacGillivray hunting tartan; sampled from a Lochcarron-woven piece c.1984.
The MacAlister of Glenbarr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacAlister of Glenbarr ★ | G/40 R6 G12 R12 G12 R16 DP4 R4 G40 R4 DP4 R92 DP6 R/16 | 480 | 1989 | |
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| MacAlister of Glenbarr | 5.18 | G/8 O4 G4 O4 G4 O6 DB2 O2 G8 O2 DB2 O24 DB4 O/6 | 146 | — |
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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.











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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.
