Dalzell

Bands: GRGRBWRBRWBRGRBWR · Stripes: G R G R DB W R DB R W DB R G R DB W R G R G R DB W R DB R W DB R G R DB W R

This was sourced from logan-1831. It is a 17 band tartan.

Original link /posts/logans-scottish-gael/

Provenance

James Logan recorded the Dalzell 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):

6 red · ¼ white · ½ blue · 2 red · 13 green · 2 red · ½ blue · ¼ white · 2 red · 3 blue · 2 red · ¼ white · ½ blue · 13 red · 1 green · 1½ crimson · 1½ green

In threads (at 8 to the eighth-inch) that is R/48 W2 B4 R16 G104 R16 B4 W2 R16 B24 R16 W2 B4 R104 G8 C12 G/12. 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 Dalzell name adjusted Logan's counts: Dalzell; Dalzell; Dalzell. Compare their thread counts with Logan's above.

Variants

Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.

• Dalziel
• Dalziel

Thread count

G/12 DR12 G8 R104 DB4 LN2 R16 DB24 R16 LN2 DB4 R16 G104 R16 DB4 LN2 R/48

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. Munro (Clan) — ΔT 0.44
2. Lochiel (Cameron) — ΔT 0.52
3. Dalziel (Logan) Family Tartan Tartan Number: 969. Earliest known date: 1831 Dalziel or Dalzell tartan is similar to the Munro. The basic form of the design was used for a 'George IV' tartan produced in honour of the King's visit in 1822. The Barony of Dalzell in Lanarkshire is the origin of the name. In Old Scots it means 'I dare' and this is also the motto on the family coat of arms. A cadet branch of the family built the House of the Binns in West Lothian which is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.68
4. Dalziel #2 — ΔT 0.76
5. Dalziel — ΔT 0.76
6. Dalziel (Clan) — ΔT 0.81
7. Dalriada — ΔT 0.83
8. All Ireland Red — ΔT 0.91
9. MacFarlane — ΔT 0.97
10. MacGillivray — ΔT 1.03

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/s17/r24w1db2r8g52r8db2w1r8db12r8w1db2r52g4r6g6~x2/