MacFarlane Dress
A tartan of the MacFarlane family.
Its design is pattern BWRKBGBRBRWGRWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Dress variant of MacFarlane, from MacKinlay's interwar collection; originally listed as MacFadzean/MacPhedran.
The MacFarlane Dress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacFarlane Dress ★ | DB/8 W4 R12 K2 DB24 DG8 DB4 R12 DB2 R12 W4 DG16 R4 W32 R/8 | 288 | 1930 | |
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| Clan Tartan | 1.05 | DB/8 W4 R12 K2 DB24 G8 W4 R12 DB2 R12 W4 G16 R4 W32 R/8 | 288 | 1930 |
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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.