MacTavish
A tartan of the MacTavish family.
Its design is pattern WKWBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Thomson sett (Thomson being anglicised MacTavish); came into use around 1950, some versions substituting black for the mid-blue stripe.
The MacTavish tartan groups 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacTavish ★ | LB/2 R12 DB2 LB6 K6 LB/1 | 55 | 1906 | |
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| · ×1 — MacTavish | 0.00 | LB/2 R12 DB2 LB6 K6 LB/1 | 55 | — |
| · ×2 — MacTavish | 0.00 | LB/4 R24 DB4 LB12 K12 LB/2 | 110 | 1906 |
| · ×4 — Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish | 0.00 | LB/8 R48 DB8 LB24 K24 LB/4 | 220 | — |
| 3 Variants: MacTavish · MacTavish · Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish | ||||
| #2 | 0.62 | LB/8 DR48 DB8 LB24 K24 LB/8 | 224 | 1906 |
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| MacTavish | 1.70 | W/2 R12 DB2 W6 K6 W/1 | 55 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacTavish #2
- MacTavish Thomson
- Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish
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.
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.