Farquharson

Bands: RBKBKBKBKGYGKBKR · Stripes: R DB K DB K DB K DB K G LY G K DB K R R DB K DB K DB K DB K G LY G K DB K R

This was sourced from logan-1831. It is a 16 band tartan.

Original link /posts/logans-scottish-gael/

Provenance

James Logan recorded the Farquharson sett in 1831, on page 403 of the Table of Clan Tartans in The Scottish Gaël — the earliest systematic published collection of clan setts. Logan gives the stripe widths in eighths of an inch, measured across the cloth and reflected about each end (a half-sett):

½ red · 2 blue · ¼ black · ¼ blue · ¼ black · ¼ blue · ¼ black · ¼ blue · 4 black · 4 green · 1 yellow · 4 green · 4 black · 4 blue · ½ black · 1 red

In threads (at 8 to the eighth-inch) that is R/4 B16 K2 B2 K2 B2 K2 B2 K32 G32 Y8 G32 K32 B32 K4 R/8. Logan named his colours rather than dyeing to a standard, so the palette here is the Dictionary's modern reading of his names.

See Logan's Scottish Gaël for the full table and method.

Related setts

Later records of the Farquharson name adjusted Logan's counts: Farquharson; Farquharson (Vestiarium Scoticum) or MacEwen/MacEwan; Farquharson Dress; Farquharson (Clan). Compare their thread counts with Logan's above.

Thread count

R/4 DB16 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K32 G32 Y8 G32 K32 DB32 K4 R/8

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. Eildon (1996) — ΔT 0.59
2. Dyce #2 — ΔT 0.67
3. Watson — ΔT 0.67
4. MacNeil of Colonsay (Highland Society of London) — ΔT 0.71
5. Cameron — ΔT 0.72
6. Farquharson (Clan) — ΔT 0.73
7. MacKenzie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 267. Earliest known date: 1778 The MacKenzie is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, who were raised by MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, in 1778. The clan held lands in Ross-shire and around Muir of Ord, but in the 12th century, they were removed to Wester Ross, (Kintail). The chiefly line of Kintail died out (as prophecisied by the Brahan Seer) and the MacKenzies of Cromarty were recognised as Chiefs of the Clan. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for the different ranks in the regiment. The 'hard' tartan of the period was known to cut the legs of the private soldiers. There is a certified sample in the Highland Society of London collection signed by Mrs MacKenzie of Seaforth (1816). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.78
8. MacDonald of Clanranald #2 — ΔT 0.79
9. Loch Carron — ΔT 0.82
10. Colquhoun — ΔT 0.82

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.

ID: /setts/s16/r4k2db16k16g16ly4g16k16db1k1db1k1db1k1db8r2~x2/