Oliphant
A tartan of the Oliphant family.
Its design is pattern BKBGWG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Clan tartan also called 'Oliphant and Melville'; from the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842), provenance disputed.
The Oliphant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliphant | DB/4 K4 DB24 G32 W1 G/2 | 128 | 1842 | |
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| · ×2 — Oliphant | 0.00 | DB/8 K8 DB48 G64 W2 G/4 | 256 | 1842 |
| · ×4 — (Clan) | 0.00 | DB/16 K16 DB96 G128 W4 G/8 | 512 | 1842 |
| 3 Variants: Oliphant · (Clan) · Oliphant | ||||
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