Modern tartans- historical tartans

[Brian K]

There was some reason for the various settings of old tartans but I cannot possibly deal with that here. The majority of pre-Culloden tartans that survive are not in general use today and so are not readily available. Some of those that are include:

Culloden
MacColl
MacDonald of Kingsburgh
MacDonald of the Isles (Red)
MacDougall
Murray of Tullibardine

However, in every case what the trade weave has little similarity with the original.

I find this interesting, Peter, as everything I have read has indicated that local weavers wove patterns they liked with yarns dyed with colors they had easily available and that's what people in the area wore because it was at hand. You, however, are the expert and know much better than this non-scholar about the subject. Do you have links to what you alluded to above? Perhaps some articles of your own? I would be very interested in reading them.

Regards,

Brian