Roxburgh
A tartan of the Roxburgh family.
Its design is pattern BGBRBRBRGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Borders district tartan from a c.1875 Patterson silk sample, possibly produced before 1850.
The Roxburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxburgh ★ | DB/6 G52 DB6 R6 DB40 R6 DB6 R52 G10 W/6 | 368 | 1840 | |
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| Red | 0.15 | DB/6 DG52 DB6 R6 DB40 R6 DB6 R52 DG10 W/6 | 368 | 1875 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Roxburgh Red
- Roxburgh, Red
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.