MacLeod Dress
A tartan of the MacLeod family.
Its design is pattern KGKGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Yellow field with black stripes; described by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder to Walter Scott in 1829.
The MacLeod Dress tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLeod Dress | K/16 Y4 K16 Y24 R/4 | 108 | 1829 | |
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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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