Taiwan Scottish
This is one variant — a specific cloth: this exact thread count and colourway, with its own provenance below. It is one weaving of the sett (the scale-free proportion — the same cloth at any scale or shade), whose colour order is pattern RWRKBGBKBKBKBW.
Sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10371
Provenance
Earliest known date: 15th Dec. 2010 This tartan was designed to mark the centennial of the founding of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and was commissioned by the Taiwanese Community in Scotland. The design was based on the sett of the Caledonian Tartan. Elements of the Mackay Tartan, and the Maxwell Tartan were also used to reflect the importance of two Scottish missionaries to Taiwan, Dr. George Leslie Mackay (Scottish Canadian) and Dr. James Maxwell recognised for their work in the fields of religion, education and medicine. The main colours used in the design are taken from the Taiwan's National Flag where Blue represents democracy, Red represents nationalism and White represents people's livelihoods. The white over check passes through the blue thereby reflecting the Scottish Satire. There are also 12 rays of the sun shown on the Taiwan's National Flag, these rays represent the 12 months of the year and are translated in the tartan as 12 over checks spread throughout the design. Exclusively designed by Kinloch Anderson for the Taiwanese Community in Scotland. Restricted availability.
3 attestations — the source records this cloth was collapsed from (oldest owns this page)
- 15/12/2010 — Taiwan Scottish (register-of-tartans, record)
The tartan was designed to mark the centennial of the founding of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and was commissioned by the Taiwanese Community in Scotland. It is welcomed by the Taipei Representative Office in the UK Edinburgh Office and is planned to feature in the Council of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in Europe, Edinburgh, May 2011 Conference. In order to give the tartan a strong Scottish background but with universal implications the design was based on the sett of the Caledonian Tartan. Elements of the Mackay Tartan, and the Maxwell Tartan were also used to reflect the importance of two Scottish missionaries to Taiwan, Dr George Leslie Mackay and Dr James Maxwell, recognised for their work in the fields of religion, education and medicine. The main colours used in the design are taken from the National Flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) where blue represents democracy, red represents nationalism and white represents people’s livelihoods. The white overcheck passes through the blue thereby reflecting the Scottish Saltire. There are also 12 rays of the sun shown on the National Flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and these rays represent the 12 months of the year and are translated in the tartan as 12 overchecks spread throughout the design. - 15th Dec. 2010 — Tawain Scottish (Commemorative) (tartans-authority, record)
This tartan was designed to mark the centennial of the founding of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and was commissioned by the Taiwanese Community in Scotland. It is welcomed by the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, Edinburgh and is planned to feature in The Council of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in Europe, Edinburgh, May 2011 Conference. In order to give the tartan a strong Scottish background but with universal implications, the design was based on the sett of the Caledonian Tartan. Elements of the Mackay Tartan, and the Maxwell Tartan were also used to reflect the importance of two Scottish missionaries to Taiwan, Dr. George Leslie Mackay (Scottish Canadian) and Dr. James Maxwell recognised for their work in the fields of religion, education and medicine. The main colours used in the design are taken from the Taiwan's National Flag where Blue represents democracy, Red represents nationalism and White represents people's livelihoods. The white over check passes through the blue thereby reflecting the Scottish Satire. There are also 12 rays of the sun shown on the Taiwan's National Flag, these rays represent the 12 months of the year and are translated in the tartan as 12 over checks spread throughout the design. Exclusively designed by Kinloch Anderson for the Taiwanese Community in Scotland. Restricted availability, please contact Kinloch Anderson regarding use. - undated — Tawain Scottish Commemorative Tartan (house-of-tartan, record)
Dataset — provenance for this record, inherited from the source manifest
- source
- Scottish Register of Tartans
- data captured from
- https://github.com/thetartan/tartan-database/blob/master/data/register-of-tartans/data.csv
- data date
- 15/12/2010 (this record)
- licence
- Crown copyright
Capture chain — the hands this data passed through, oldest first; each capture carries its own licence
- Scottish Register of Tartans · Crown copyright
the living register — still published by National Records of Scotland - thetartan/tartan-database 2016-2017 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Levko Kravets's frozen compilation — the capture we vendored, and where its CC licence text came from - this dictionary captured 2026-06-10 · commit 5bf86c7566
each re-capture is a git commit to data/sources
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10371
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 10371
Thread count
R/26 W4 R26 K6 DR26 G42 DB6 K36 DB18 K4 DB4 K4 DB30 W/4
One full sett is 442 threads.
Palette
| Colour | Shade | OKLCh |
|---|---|---|
| DB | #082077 #082077 | oklch(30.0% 0.149 265.1) |
| G | #008B2A #008B2A | oklch(55.4% 0.170 145.9) |
| DR | #55120C #55120C | oklch(30.0% 0.099 29.3) |
| K | #000000 #000000 | oklch(0.0% 0.000 0.0) |
| W | #F7F7F7 #F7F7F7 | oklch(97.6% 0.000 89.9) |
| R | #D60020 #D60020 | oklch(55.2% 0.224 25.5) |
Sample pattern
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