MacDiarmid Dress
A tartan of the MacDiarmid family.
Its design is pattern RGKWKGWRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Dress variant from Paton's collection (c.1830), housed at the Scottish Tartans Museum, Comrie.
The MacDiarmid Dress tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDiarmid Dress | W/38 R12 W37 G32 K3 W4 K3 G32 R/4 | 288 | 1830 | |
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| · ×1 — MacDiarmid, dress | 0.00 | W/38 R12 W37 G32 K3 W4 K3 G32 R/4 | 288 | ~1830 |
| · ×2 — MacDiarmid Dress | 0.00 | W/76 R24 W74 G64 K6 W8 K6 G64 R/8 | 576 | 1830 |
| 2 Variants: MacDiarmid, dress · MacDiarmid Dress | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacDiarmid, dress
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