Strathspey (Estate Check)
In pattern BWKWBWKWB.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3226/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 1968 — Strathspey (Estate Check) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Strathspey Estate Check (register-of-tartans, record)
Thread count
DB/6 W6 K6 W6 DR6 W6 K6 W6 DR/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2C4084 | 0.07 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2C4084 | 0.22 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #F0E0C4 #F0E0C4 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dupplin Check — ΔT 0.55
- Border Bell — ΔT 1.00
- Bell, Border (Name) — ΔT 1.00
- Bell Southern Family Tartan Tartan Number: 370. Earliest known date: 1986 Originally anotated with 'Authorized by The Clan Bell of Lochmaben' but not now recognised by Chief Apparent, Benjamin. This tartan was known, possibly in error, as Bell of Blackethouse or Bell Blackethouse, and is now called 'Southern Bell'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.11
- Halliday — ΔT 1.43
- Bell, South. — ΔT 1.53
- Buccleuch Check Regimental Tartan Tartan Number: 647. Earliest known date: 1908 Designed by the Colonel of the 4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers in 1908 and used for the pipers' plaids. Originally woven by Ballantynes of Walkerburn. Earl Haig's family adopted it since he was also a Colonel of the battalion.This - according to J Cant - is the correct version of the Buccleuch check with nine black squares between the blue. The black and white squares measure 5/16 inch and the blue 3/8 inch (about 2 threads more?). Sample in STA Dalgety Collection has 8 black squares between the blue lines and label saying woven by Ballantynes of Walkerburn. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.57
- Buccleuch, Check — ΔT 1.59
- Seaforth (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.73
- Seaforth Estate Check Estate Check Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 5344. Earliest known date: pre 1990 No details. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.73
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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