Oliphant Dress
A tartan of the Oliphant family.
Its design is pattern GWGBKBKBWBWBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Dress tartan for the Oliphant clan, chief-approved, preserving main elements in bright ancient colours.
The Oliphant Dress tartan groups 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliphant Dress ★ | W/50 T4 W4 T4 W4 T20 K4 T8 K4 T20 Y46 W4 Y/8 | 302 | 2010 | |
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| (Clan) | 2.00 | W/50 LB4 W4 LB4 W4 LB20 K4 LB8 K4 LB20 G46 W4 G/8 | 302 | 2010 |
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| 2 Variants: (Clan) · Clan Tartan | ||||
| Clan Tartan | 2.00 | W/50 T4 W4 T4 W4 T20 K4 T8 K4 T20 DG46 W4 DG/8 | 302 | 2010 |
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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.

