MacWilliam
A tartan of the MacWilliam family.
Its design is pattern GGKRBRBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Sutherland clan tartan recorded pre-1880 in Paris's "Clans Originaux"; similar in style and colour to MacKay.
The MacWilliam tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacWilliam | DY/8 G48 K40 R4 T64 R8 T64 R/4 | 468 | 1880 | |
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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.