Scottish National Dress

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

Designed 1994 by McCalls of Aberdeen, adapting the 1934 'National' tartan; registered patented design No. 601292.

The Scottish National Dress tartan is recorded as a single sett.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
Scottish National DressDB/24 W4 DB4 R4 DB6 K22 G24 K4 G6 K4 G24 DB24 W26 R/43321994
Scottish National Dress sett
2 Variants: Scotland's National, Dress (Fashion) · Scottish National Dress

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