Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
This iof course is where history become a casualty of commerce. Traditionally the blue bars of the PCE were half the size of the red they enclosed and so in total, i.e amount added together, they were the same volume as the centre red.

In the Royal Stewart the R/B proportion is always more pronounced with the blue bars typically anything from 10-20% the size of the red. Thus my comment that I'd consider it Royal Stewart rather than PCE. The fact the weavers name it incorrection/weave the PCE wrong doesn't alter the historical fact.
I was speaking in 'broader' terms and focusing on the red, not the blue... the fact that the red field was so much smaller in the OP's sample (like PCE tartan) than it is on any Royal Stewart tartan I've seen. In reality, it's neither one if we're to be technical... but then again, MANY of the tartans in swatch books from the different mills have been altered from the 'official' thread count.