MacBride Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2153. Earliest known date: 1992 The family of MacBride, (from SaintBride or Brigid) are known to have been a sept of the MacDonalds. Head of the family, Mr Stuart C. MacBride, commissioned Mr Harry Lindley to create a MacBride tartan from the Ensigns Armorial recently granted by Lord Lyon. Mr MacBride is a member of the Weaver Incorporation of Aberdeen. Traditionally members of the family, as a courtesy, ask permission of the chief or head of the family before wearing his tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015

In pattern YGKBKBKGRGKGY.

This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 13 stripes tartan.

Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=2153

Thread count

Y/6 G30 K30 DB30 K4 DB30 K30 G30 P6 G30 K30 G30 Y/6

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. MacBride — ΔT 0.31
2. Rollo Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1971. Earliest known date: 1946 Designed for Lord Rollo in 1946. It is interesting to note the similarity with the tartan of the Campbells of Breadalbane. Both the Rollos and the Campbells of Breadalbane had their homes in Perthshire. Rollos claim descent from a common ancestor of William the Conqueror. They settled in Scotland in the reign of David I (1124-53). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.46
3. Rollo — ΔT 0.49
4. Gordon Dress (US Fashion) — ΔT 0.54
5. Lloyd of Dolobran Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1970. Earliest known date: 1930-50 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.69
6. Wilson's No.233 — ΔT 0.78
7. Arrol Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 1365. Earliest known date: c.1910 From James Johnston & Co. (Glasgow) pattern book covering 1863 to 1963. Designed early 20th century for Sir William Arrol, head of the engineering firm which built Forth Bridge, and of the Arrol-Johnston motor car company, but it is not clear whether it was intended as a corporate tartan or for his personal use. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.89
8. Lloyd of Dolobran (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
9. Wilson's No.064 #2 — ΔT 1.06
10. Casely Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2146. Earliest known date: 1992 The chiefly sett of a family tartan designed by Harry Lindley for the Scottish Tartans Society, to whom Mr Gordon Casely petitioned for the design in 1990. Formal accreditation was granted in 1993. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.07

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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