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    Tartan ID Help

    I am hoping someone can help me ID this. It's a ladies kilted skirt, I've done some searching and can't figure out which, if any, tartan it is. Thank you very much for any help you can provide!
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    It doesn't look symmetrical between warp & weft, so I'm going to say it's not a tartan. Not a clan tartan anyway, more a fashion tartan-like weave.

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    It's an asymmetric fashion tartan based on the Government sett. Notice the alternating position of the tramlines.

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    Thank you both, very much!!

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    Definitely a fashion weave which is not asymmetric in the normal sense, it has a different warp and weft. The warp is Red Watch, a fashion tartan that's been around for a few years. I've never seen an actual sample and it may be that this version was how the RW has always been woven.

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