Rare Bonnie Prince Charlie tartan to remain in Scotland

**figheadair** · 3rd October 17, 11:45 PM

Thought some of the rabble might be interested in this story.

Rare Bonnie Prince Charlie tartan to remain in Scotland

Amongst all the modern tartans is rewarding to have a hand in preserving the past.

**Tarheel** · 4th October 17, 03:38 AM

Thank you again for the expert work you do for the STA. Thank you also for sharing these great moments with us.

**jesuisprest** · 4th October 17, 12:54 PM

Peter, this is SO cool! It is a wonderful tartan and that is a gorgeous herringbone selvege. It reminds me a bit of the Fraser of Struy with the colours and stripes. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. You really are adding so much to our knowledge of this amazing history.

Best,
Adam

**Me cousin Jack** · 4th October 17, 04:37 PM

Glad it staying in country, and didn't just go to a personal collection.

**David Dubh** · 4th October 17, 09:48 PM

Good to see Peter
Well done to the STA
Cheers David

**figheadair** · 9th October 17, 10:38 PM

/and another article - https://www.historyscotland.com/news...ay-in-scotland

**llyd** · 15th October 17, 05:36 AM

Interesting that it has a wide herringbone selvedge...

**figheadair** · 15th October 17, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by llyd

Interesting that it has a wide herringbone selvedge...

Why so? It was common practise on 18th century plaiding - Joined Plaids - Settings & Construction and Selvedge Techniquies

**llyd** · 17th October 17, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

Why so? It was common practise on 18th century plaiding - Joined Plaids - Settings & Construction and Selvedge Techniquies

Had read the Joined Plaids.....The selvage.piece was most interesting. thank you.

I joined the Tartan register just to get a thread count for this tartan...not sure why I like it so much. My tastes tend to wander towards the hunting colors.

**figheadair** · 17th October 17, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by llyd

Had read the Joined Plaids.....The selvage.piece was most interesting. thank you.

I joined the Tartan register just to get a thread count for this tartan...not sure why I like it so much. My tastes tend to wander towards the hunting colors.

There are several entries for this tartan recorded by the SRT, such as this one. Uunfortunately none of them are correct. For a detailed dicussion of the origianl and subsequent copies see this paper.