Ritch
A tartan of the Ritch family.
Its design is pattern RWRWRWWWBWBWWWGGWGGWRWRWGWGGGWWWWWGGGWGWRWRWBWWGWGWGWWBWRWWWRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Speculative 'Old Superfine' sett from 1847; suggestion it was designed for silk weaving deemed unlikely.
The Ritch 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 |
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| Ritch ★ | R/12 W4 R6 W4 R40 W4 LB12 W4 DP20 W4 DP20 W4 LB12 W4 DG20 G8 W4 G8 DG20 W4 R28 W4 R28 W4 DG6 W4 DG4 Y4 DG4 W4 LB8 W4 LB8 W4 DG4 Y4 DG4 W4 DG6 W4 R28 W4 R28 W4 DP20 LB4 W4 Y4 W4 DG4 W4 Y4 W4 LB4 DP20 W4 R40 W4 LB12 W4 R28 W/2 | 1162 | 1800 | |
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| (Fashion) | 0.32 | R/6 W2 R3 W2 R20 W2 LB6 W2 DP10 W2 DP10 W2 LB6 W2 DG10 G4 W2 G4 DG10 W2 R14 W2 R14 W2 DG3 W2 DG2 Y2 DG2 W2 LB4 W2 LB4 W2 DG2 Y2 DG2 W2 DG3 W2 R14 W2 R14 W2 DP10 LB2 W2 Y4 W2 G4 W2 Y4 W2 LB2 DP10 W2 R20 W2 LB6 W2 R14 W/1 | 593 | 1800 |
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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.