Menzies
A tartan of the Menzies family.
Its design is pattern KWKWKWKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Red and white sett certified as Menzies by the clan chief c.1816; misnamed MacFarlane in the Cockburn Collection.
The Menzies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menzies ★ | K/144 W16 K12 W16 K24 W8 K4 W/48 | 352 | 1934 | |
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| Menzies | 0.32 | K/64 W8 K4 W8 K8 W4 K2 W/12 | 144 | 1934 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Menzies 1938
- Menzies B/W
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.