Shaw of Carolina
A tartan of the Shaw of Carolina family.
Its design is pattern GKGRBWGKGKBKBWBRBKBK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Based on a c.1800 cloth fragment and blanket worn by Mary Irvine for husband John Shaw.
The Shaw of Carolina tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw of Carolina | G/12 K6 G36 R8 DB8 W8 G36 K6 G12 K6 DB12 K6 DB36 W8 DB8 R8 DB36 K6 DB12 K/6 | 534 | 2005 | |
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| 2 Variants: Clan Tartan · (Personal) | ||||
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.