Toshach
A tartan of the Toshach family.
Its design is pattern GGGWGGGGWGWGRGGGGWGGGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Derived from an heirloom rug of a family descended from Sir Walter Scott's reputed librarian; Toshach is an early Celtic chiefly title.
The Toshach tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshach | G/20 DG8 G20 W4 G20 DG4 G4 DG40 W8 DG8 W8 DG8 R8 DG40 G4 DG4 G20 W4 G20 DG8 G10 LB/8 | 528 | 1996 | |
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| 3 Variants: (Artefact) · Family Tartan · Toshach | ||||
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.