MacTavish Dress Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1383. Earliest known date: 1958 Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century. Designed by John Bain & Alfred Bottomley of MacArthurs of Hamilton (now at Biggar 2002). Alfred was owner of MacArthurs and John was a director and one of the leading designers in Scotland. The design work on this and the Thomson Htg was for Lord Thomson of Fleet - via Kinloch Anderson of Edinburgh. The tartan is also suitable for MacTavishs and Thomsons, who claim descent from the Clan MacIntosh, regardless of spelling. John Bain 10 Oct 2002, remembers Lord Thomson visiting the mill to discuss the designs. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern RBKWKY.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 6 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1383
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — MacTavish Dress Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1383. Earliest known date: 1958 Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century. Designed by John Bain & Alfred Bottomley of MacArthurs of Hamilton (now at Biggar 2002). Alfred was owner of MacArthurs and John was a director and one of the leading designers in Scotland. The design work on this and the Thomson Htg was for Lord Thomson of Fleet - via Kinloch Anderson of Edinburgh. The tartan is also suitable for MacTavishs and Thomsons, who claim descent from the Clan MacIntosh, regardless of spelling. John Bain 10 Oct 2002, remembers Lord Thomson visiting the mill to discuss the designs. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
- undated — Thomson Dress Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2094. Earliest known date: 1958 Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century. The tartan is also suitable for MacTavishs and Thompsons, who claim descent from the Clan MacIntosh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
R/8 B56 K12 LN24 K24 Y/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacTavish Dress — ΔT 0.41
- Thomson Dress (Grey) (Fashion) — ΔT 0.71
- Thomson Dress (Blue) — ΔT 0.72
- MacTavish / Thom(p)son, dress — ΔT 0.72
- Tombow 140th Anniversary, The — ΔT 0.80
- Afternoon Tea / Earl Grey — ΔT 0.82
- Unidentified (Winterbottom) — ΔT 0.92
- Clunie (Name) — ΔT 0.98
- Thompson Grey Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1611. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century. The tartan is also suitable for MacTavishs and Thompsons, who claim descent from the Clan MacIntosh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.05
- Pengelly, The Cornish (Name) — ΔT 1.06
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.
ID: /setts/s6/r8b56k12w24k24y6-b5c8ca8-k101010-rc80000-we0e0e0-ye8c000/