Tartan of the Month - Jul 12. What do you see?

**figheadair** · 1st July 12, 06:55 AM

This is the penultimate TOM so make the most of it. There are other things that I want to concentrate on so just one more after this.

**David Thorpe** · 1st July 12, 08:42 AM

Right off the bat (from a pure amateur)... Lovely old tartan. Reverse twill band at the selvage.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 1st July 12, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by David Thorpe

Right off the bat (from a pure amateur)... Lovely old tartan. Reverse twill band at the selvage.

That's a herringbone selvage, characteristic of Wilsons of Bannockburn, so I would venture that this is an example of their work.

**ScotFree** · 21st July 12, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

That's a herringbone selvage, characteristic of Wilsons of Bannockburn, so I would venture that this is an example of their work.

Matt, is there ANYTHING about this stuff you don't know???? <G>. Your depth and breadth of knowledge never ceases to amaze and educate me.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 21st July 12, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by ScotFree

Matt, is there ANYTHING about this stuff you don't know???? <G>. Your depth and breadth of knowledge never ceases to amaze and educate me.

There is plenty I don't know, believe me. :-)

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 1st July 12, 02:22 PM

Also, the reflection of the photographer's hand tells us it's somewhere under glass. :-)

**figheadair** · 1st July 12, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

That's a herringbone selvage, characteristic of Wilsons of Bannockburn, so I would venture that this is an example of their work.

Yes, and no.

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Also, the reflection of the photographer's hand tells us it's somewhere under glass. :-)

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**Dixiecat** · 2nd July 12, 11:25 AM

Nice tartan! I like it.

Let's see. Single worsted based on the hole there in the upper left. What colour were the stripes in the green blocks originally? Yellow? They have faded terribly and are hardly visible in the left portion of the tartan. The weaving looks even so would it be safe to say that this is commercially woven?

**figheadair** · 2nd July 12, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Dixiecat

Nice tartan! I like it.

Let's see. Single worsted based on the hole there in the upper left.

Good.

What colour were the stripes in the green blocks originally? Yellow? They have faded terribly and are hardly visible in the left portion of the tartan.

Oh dear. Look again!

The weaving looks even so would it be safe to say that this is commercially woven?

Would it? Posts 2 and 3 - you tell me?

**Paul Henry** · 2nd July 12, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dixiecat

snip... The weaving looks even so would it be safe to say that this is commercially woven?

Commercially woven tartan might be even , but then so might handwoven, look at some examples of Peter's weaving to see how even that is!

I wouldn't have said that this was particularly even though, of course if it's an old sample we don't how it was kept, whether it has been soaked and not dried and pressed well.