Sommerville
A tartan of the Sommerville family.
Its design is pattern GRRGRGRBRRRGRBRRRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Modern Sommerville family tartan, recorded about 1930 from J Johnston of Edinburgh.
The Sommerville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommerville ★ | Y/4 Ri10 R6 G108 R10 G6 R10 DB40 Ri10 R6 Ri10 G32 R4 DB8 R96 Ri12 R6 W/4 | 756 | 1930 | |
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| 2 Variants: Sommerville · Somerville (Name) | ||||
| Family Tartan | 0.07 | Y/2 Ri5 R3 G54 R5 G3 R5 DB21 Ri5 R3 Ri5 G17 R2 DB4 R48 Ri5 R3 W/2 | 380 | 1930 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Somerville
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.
