Carnegie Dress
A tartan of the Carnegie family.
Its design is pattern GGRGRGKRWRWRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Dress version with white substituted for a ground colour, by Edinburgh kiltmaker Hugh Macpherson for dancing and informal wear.
The Carnegie Dress tartan groups 2 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Dress ★ | W/16 R4 W4 R12 W26 R4 K26 G26 R12 G4 R4 G8 Y/6 | 282 | 1980 | |
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| #2 (Fashion) | 0.63 | W/18 DR3 W3 DR10 W26 DR3 K26 G28 DR10 G3 DR3 G8 LO/6 | 270 | ~2002 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Carnegie Dress #1
- Carnegie Dress #2
- Carnegie, dress
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.
