Robertson 1819
In pattern RGRBRBRGRBRGR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3527
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — Robertson 1819 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1819 — Robertson - 1819 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
R/6 G6 R70 DB6 R6 DB70 R6 G70 R6 DB6 R70 G6 R/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2C4084 | 0.11 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Robertson Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1391. Earliest known date: 1831 The oldest records show Robertson tartan with a white line. But the modern weavers sett, without the white, can be traced to Logan's book 'The Scottish Gael' published in 1831. D.C.Stewart noted a subtle difference in Logan's count which is reproduced here. That is the use of contrasting narrow stripes next to the broader stripe. Other versions have only blue, narrow stripes. Stewart reckoned that it added 'balance in the design'. Mid toned blues and greens are used in this illustration. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.50
- Bruce Old — ΔT 0.51
- Robertson #3 — ΔT 0.53
- Robertson Curtain — ΔT 0.61
- Robertson 1 — ΔT 0.65
- Robertson, Curtain — ΔT 0.68
- Robertson — ΔT 0.72
- Robertson 3 — ΔT 0.73
- Robertson #5 — ΔT 0.78
- Bruce Old Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 876. Earliest known date: 1797 An order dated 1797 in the Wilson's of Bannockburn papers requests '50 Ells Bruce sett tartan'. As no distinction is made between 'old' and 'new' we assume that the 'new' sett, which has much in common with this one, had not been introduced. (Reduced in proportion for illustration.) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.81
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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