Nisbett Rose Dress

Its design is pattern GWKRWRWRKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

Sett from the Vestiarium Scoticum's Mackintosh; resembles the Vestiarium's Dunbar; Nisbets trace to Berwickshire's barony of Nisbet circa 1160.

The Nisbett Rose Dress tartan is recorded as a single sett.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
Nisbett Rose DressW/16 K16 Ri40 W3 R6 W3 R40 K16 W16 G/43001981
Nisbett Rose Dress sett

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