Scottish Lion
Its design is pattern BBWBRBGRGB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Arthur Mackie of Strathmore Woollen Co. for the Scottish Lion Import Shop and Mail Order Catalogue.
The Scottish Lion 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 |
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| Scottish Lion ★ | DR/8 DB32 LB4 DB32 R8 DP14 DG42 R6 DG8 DO/6 | 306 | 1999 | |
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| Name Tartan | 0.90 | K/8 DB32 LB4 DB32 DR8 DP14 DG42 DR6 DG8 DO/6 | 306 | — |
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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.