Gow
A tartan of the Gow family.
Its design is pattern RBRGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Gow tartan groups 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gow ★ | R/4 DB4 R1 G4 R/4 | 26 | 2002 | |
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| · ×1 — Gow | 0.00 | R/4 DB4 R1 G4 R/4 | 26 | — |
| · ×2 — Gow | 0.00 | R/8 DB8 R2 G8 R/8 | 52 | — |
| · ×6 — MacGowan | 0.00 | R/24 DB24 R6 G24 R/24 | 156 | 2002 |
| 3 Variants: Gow · Gow · MacGowan | ||||
| Gow | 0.12 | R/4 DB4 R1 DG4 R/4 | 26 | ~1815 |
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| · ×4 — Gow | 0.12 | R/16 DB16 R4 DG16 R/16 | 104 | ~1815 |
| · ×12 — Gow | 0.07 | R/48 DB48 R12 DG48 R/48 | 312 | 2003 |
| 2 Variants: Gow · Gow | ||||
| (Portrait) | 0.39 | R/36 DB36 R12 DG36 R/36 | 240 | 1780 |
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| (Portrait) | 1.64 | R/40 DP40 R8 G40 R/40 | 256 | 1780 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacGowan
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.