MacPherson Dress
A tartan of the MacPherson family.
Its design is pattern WRWKWKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacPherson Dress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacPherson Dress ★ | W/6 R2 W60 K40 W6 K18 LY/2 | 260 | 1842 | |
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| MacPherson Dress | 0.08 | W/3 R1 W30 K20 W3 K9 Y/1 | 130 | — |
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| · ×1 — MacPherson Dress | 0.08 | W/3 R1 W30 K20 W3 K9 Y/1 | 130 | — |
| · ×2 — MacPherson 6 | 0.08 | W/6 R2 W60 K40 W6 K18 Y/2 | 260 | — |
| 2 Variants: MacPherson Dress · MacPherson 6 | ||||
| (1951) | 0.87 | W/6 DP6 W60 K40 W6 K18 Y/6 | 272 | 1842 |
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| Clan Tartan | 0.98 | W/12 DP8 W64 K64 W10 K24 Y/8 | 360 | 1842 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacPherson 6
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.