Matthew Gloag
Its design is pattern BBGKBKBKBGBKBKBKGB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 1996 by Gillian Kirkwood for Perth whisky blenders Matthew Gloag & Son, makers of Famous Grouse.
The Matthew Gloag tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Gloag | DR/6 G40 K4 DB6 K24 DB6 K4 DR40 G6 DR40 K4 DB6 K24 DB6 K4 G40 DR6 DB/4 | 530 | 1996 | |
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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.
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Threads
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530
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1108
282
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264
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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.