MacPherson

Bands: RKWRBKBKBKYGRBRBRGYKBKBKBRWKR · Stripes: R K W R T K T K T K LY G R T R T R G LY K T K T K T R W K R R K W R T K T K T K LY G R T R T R G LY K T K T K T R W K R

This was sourced from logan-1831. It is a 29 band tartan.

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Provenance

James Logan recorded the MacPherson sett in 1831, on page 406 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):

¼ red · ¼ black · ¼ white · 5½ red · 2 azure · ½ black · ½ azure · ½ black · 2 azure · 3 black · ½ yellow · 4 green · 5½ red · 1 azure · 5½ red · 1 azure · 5½ red · 4 green · ½ yellow · 3 black · 2 azure · ½ black · ½ azure · ½ black · 2 azure · 5½ red · ½ white · ½ black · ½ red

In threads (at 8 to the eighth-inch) that is R/2 K2 W2 R44 A16 K4 A4 K4 A16 K24 Y4 G32 R44 A8 R44 A8 R44 G32 Y4 K24 A16 K4 A4 K4 A16 R44 W4 K4 R/4. 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 MacPherson name adjusted Logan's counts: MacPherson; MacPherson #10; MacPherson #2; MacPherson #3. Compare their thread counts with Logan's above.

Thread count

R/2 K2 LN2 R44 B16 K4 B4 K4 B16 K24 Y4 G32 R44 B8 R44 B8 R44 G32 Y4 K24 B16 K4 B4 K4 B16 R44 LN4 K4 R/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. Stewart/Stuart of Galloway (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.83
2. MacRae The Princes Own — ΔT 0.89
3. Kinnoull (MacRae) — ΔT 0.90
4. MacRae The Princes Own Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 982. Earliest known date: c.1815 Two MacRae setts, of which this is one, are contained in the Highland Society collection and presumably sealed by the Chief around 1815. Unless he recognised both, perhaps one is the clan and the other the Chief's own See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.94
5. Kinnoull (MacRae) Family Tartan Tartan Number: 983. Earliest known date: 1819 Check thread count against Sindex. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.95
6. Kinnoull (Clan) — ΔT 1.08
7. Kinnoull (MacRae) - Error? — ΔT 1.09
8. Kinnoull — ΔT 1.14
9. Wilson's No.001 — ΔT 1.16
10. Unidentified Scarlett #14 — ΔT 1.24

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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