Aberdeen

A tartan of the Aberdeen family.

Its design is pattern GWRRWRRWWWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWBWWWBWKGWGKWBWWWBWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWWWRRWRRWGKWRRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

One of Scotland's oldest district tartans, likely introduced by Wilsons of Bannockburn; documented from 1794.

The Aberdeen tartan is recorded as a single sett.

Sett	ΔTartan	Thread count	Threads	Date
Aberdeen		G/4 W1 Ri6 R3 W1 R3 Ri6 W1 LB10 W2 DP3 Ri8 R3 W2 R3 Ri8 DP3 W2 K12 G4 K12 W2 DP3 Ri8 R3 W2 R3 Ri8 DP3 W2 DP6 LB4 W2 LB4 DP6 W2 K16 G4 W2 G4 K16 W2 DP6 LB4 W2 LB4 DP6 W2 DP3 Ri8 R3 W2 R3 Ri8 DP3 W2 K12 G4 K12 W2 DP3 Ri8 R3 W2 R3 Ri8 DP3 W2 LB10 W1 Ri6 R3 W1 R3 Ri6 W1 G4 K16 W2 Ri23 R3 W/2	—	1782