An American Dinner House goes their slogan – and it is! I remember when the Tartan Room was on Main Street, just down the street from Fashion Square, and the businessmen’s lunches were where Frank, my ...
Traditional tartan patterns can be divided into several style classes. The most basic is a simple two-colour check of thick bands (with or without thin over-checks of one or more other colours). A variant on this splits one or more of the bands, to form squares of smaller squares instead of just big, solid squares; a style heavily favoured in Vestiarium Scoticum. A complexity step up is the ...
The Scottish Register of Tartans is an online database of tartan designs, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 and administered by the National Records of Scotland.
Tartan and Clan Finder Search by name to find your clan and tartan from a choice of over 1,000, or use the filter to choose your favourite colour.
Today more and more people are becoming interested in their Scottish heritage. And one of the most visible signs of that heritage is the proud tradition of Highland Dress. However, as tartan and the kilt become more popular, it seems that the myths about them continue to spread even more rapidly, especially regarding the history of Highland Dress. William Wallace wearing a “great kilt” in ...
Brief History of Tartan - The Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage ...
Tartan, cross-checkered repeating pattern (or “sett”) of different coloured bands, stripes, or lines of definite width and sequence, woven into woolen cloth (sometimes with silk added). Although such patterns have existed for centuries in many cultures, they have come to be regarded as peculiarly