Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh

Bands: GBGBGGGGGGYYY · Stripes: Y DP Y DP Y DG Y DG Y DG LY LY LY Y DP Y DP Y DG Y DG Y DG LY LY LY

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11616

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

• Scottish Register of Tartans: 11616

Thread count

Ga/20 P4 Ga4 P4 Ga4 G12 Ga12 G4 Ga12 G12 LY12 LG4 LY/4

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. Harmony, 2 & 3 — ΔT 1.07
2. Quinn (Name?) — ΔT 1.08
3. Rotary Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2334. Earliest known date: 1996 March 1996. Check colours. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. Woven by Lochcarron of Scotland. STS entry says that it was launched at the Rotary World Convention, Glasgow, 1997 and indicates that it was designed by the Tartans Society (Keith Lumsden) for Rotary International. A counter claim suggests that Geoffrey (Tailor) was the designer. He's certainly the official supplier and can be contacted on 0131 557 0256 - 17.9.04 - "only polyviscose left and when that's finished, they won't be stocking any more." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.11
4. Wilcox, Yu, Cruikshank Reunion — ΔT 1.24
5. Harmony 2 & 3 — ΔT 1.30
6. Hunter of Hunterston — ΔT 1.31
7. Confessore Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2165. Earliest known date: 1994 Designed for Mr Confessore of Napoli, Italy in 1994 by Mr. Keith Lumsden, researcher at the Scottish Tartans Society. The colours reflect the shades and tones of the Italian countryside. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.34
8. Hall — ΔT 1.35
9. Missouri (Proposed) — ΔT 1.36
10. Fraser Hunting Dress Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 603. Earliest known date: pre 2003 In the Hunting Fraser, brown replaces the red of the Clan sett. The late Charles Ian Fraser of Reeling said, in his publication, "Clan Fraser", that this sett was designed by the Sobieski Stuart brothers at the request of Lord Lovat for use by the Inverness and Nairn militia. A letter to Lord Lovat from the War Office, c.1855, authorised the use of the Fraser tartan for the corps. The tartan is worn by the Boghall & Bathgate pipe bands. (Strathallan 1994) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.37

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 14313 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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