Stephenson
A tartan of the Stephenson family.
Its design is pattern BBGBYKBBBGK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed c. 1975 by Jack Dalgety and R C Stephenson from a pre-1870 un-named sett in Bolingbroke and Jones' records.
The Stephenson 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 |
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| Stephenson ★ | K/12 G40 T4 DR10 T4 K40 LO6 DB40 G52 DR6 DB/10 | 426 | 1970 | |
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| (Name) | 0.09 | K/12 G40 LB4 DR10 LB4 K40 LO6 DB40 G52 DR6 DB/10 | 426 | 1975 |
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| Stephenson | 0.39 | K/12 G40 LB4 R10 LB4 K40 Y6 DB40 G52 R6 DB/10 | 426 | 1870 |
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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.