In pattern KWGKBW.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 stripes tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3121

Attestations

This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.

• 01/01/1963 — New York Fire Department Pipe Band (register-of-tartans, record)
• Feb 1964 — New York Fire Dept. (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)

Thread count

K/16 W4 G52 K44 DB44 LP/12

Palette

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

Sample pattern

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. Russell Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1094. Earliest known date: c.1815 It seems certain that the tartan was first known as Galbraith. William Wilson and Sons of Bannockburn recorded the pattern as Russell in their pattern book of 1847, although it was named Hunter in the earlier book of 1819. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.52
2. New York Firemen's Pipe Band Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 60. Earliest known date: 1964 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.55
3. Rose Hunting — ΔT 0.65
4. Forsyth Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1122. Earliest known date: 1872 (1830) This sett has a close resemblance to the the Leslie tartan in which white replaces yellow. A description of the tartan appears in Jennie Forsyth Jeffrie's 'History of the Forsyth Family' (1918). Clan Chief, Alistair Forsyth, was recognised by Lord Lyon in 1978 - the first for over 300 years. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.71
5. Rose Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1226. Earliest known date: 1831 First recorded in James Logan's, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.72
6. Russell or Mitchell or Hunter or Galbraith — ΔT 0.80
7. MacWilliam — ΔT 0.90
8. Galbraith — ΔT 0.90
9. Loudoun's Highlanders - 1747 #1 (Mil — ΔT 0.91
10. Leslie Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1113. Earliest known date: 1810-15 Said to have been worn by George 14th Earl of Rothes who died in 1841. This sett is shown by Smibert (1850) and by W & A Smith (1850) but without the definition of 'Hunting'. This sett is very similar to Duncan, the difference lies in the broad black present in the Leslie Hunting which is green in the Duncan See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92

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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