Originally Posted by
SF Jeff
There are some very nice weathered/muted/ancient/etc. versions of MacLeod of Harris. And I now see a MacLeod of Harris Antique tartan.
It's interesting nomenclature, "antique".
I looked it up, it's Lochcarron's subdued palette of MacLeod for their lambswool scarves and blankets.
https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/tartan-...harris_antique
As far as I know there was only one MacLeod tartan, the one now called "MacLeod of Harris".
The Setts Of The Scottish Tartans (sorry Peter) says this:
This design appears in early collections and was recorded by Logan (1831) and Smibert (1850) yet according to the Smiths (1850) the correct tartan of the MacLeods was MacKenzie.
Logan was aware of this widely held opinion but deplored it.
It strikes me as bizarre that after the Allen Brothers produced their own crude, untartanlike, garish, and obviously self-designed "MacLeod" tartan it would be accepted on equal footing with the traditional MacLeod tartan.
Even more bizarre is that the traditional tartan would be retroactively confined to a single island, and the fake one given its own island, as if it had a claim of authenticity.
Last edited by OC Richard; 28th December 25 at 05:59 PM.
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