MacAulay of Lewis

In pattern GKRKGKGW.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripes tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2287

Attestations

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

Thread count

G/12 K32 R6 K32 G56 K8 G24 W/6 Sett

Palette

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

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
G#006818 #006818G #0064000.02
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
R#C80000 #C80000R #C800000.00
W#F8F8F8 #F8F8F8W #F4F4F00.01

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Strath Hallidale (Fashion) — ΔT 0.62
  2. Fitzpatrick Hunting — ΔT 0.71
  3. Paton Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2127. Earliest known date: 1930 Discovered in 1993 at P and J Haggart, weavers in Aberfeldy. It was possibly designed by the late Mr John Robertson around the 1930's, but the sample appears to have been woven in 1952. The Paton family associated with the tartan come from Aberdeenshire. Apart from the red stripe this sett resembles the Gordon of Abergeldy previously known as Ancient Gordon. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.74
  4. MacIver Hunting — ΔT 0.77
  5. MacKintosh Hunting — ΔT 1.00
  6. MacArthur (Variant) — ΔT 1.03
  7. Cameron Hunting — ΔT 1.04
  8. Sin-Cos (Corporate) — ΔT 1.05
  9. MacAulay Hunting — ΔT 1.11
  10. MacLean of Duart Hunting — ΔT 1.11

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.

Strath Hallidale (Fashion)Fitzpatrick HuntingPaton Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2127. Earliest known date: 1930 Discovered in 1993 at P and J Haggart, weavers in Aberfeldy. It was possibly designed by the late Mr John Robertson around the 1930's, but the sample appears to have been woven in 1952. The Paton family associated with the tartan come from Aberdeenshire. Apart from the red stripe this sett resembles the Gordon of Abergeldy previously known as Ancient Gordon. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015MacIver HuntingMacKintosh HuntingMacArthur (Variant)Cameron HuntingSin-Cos (Corporate)MacAulay HuntingMacLean of Duart Hunting

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