Let's play guess the tartans - what do you see?

[California Highlander]

Well, to my very untrained eye, this one looks like a Robertson.


The hat with the Balmoral tartan edging seems a different tartan than the Balmoral shawl. At least the if I'm thinking the grey Balmoral that one finds on https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...e.aspx?ref=182

[Benning Boy]

You ain't foolin' me. That red and black one near the bottom of the photo set is a buffalo check Pendleton picnic blanket.

[Mike_Oettle]

Buffalo check, buffalo plaid, Rob Roy MacGregor – many names for the same sett.

[figheadair]

Well, to my very untrained eye, this one looks like a Robertson.

But it's not - look again.

The hat with the Balmoral tartan edging seems a different tartan than the Balmoral shawl. At least the if I'm thinking the grey Balmoral that one finds on https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...e.aspx?ref=182

It is the same sett at that one.

Buffalo check, buffalo plaid, Rob Roy MacGregor – many names for the same sett.

Thank was undoubtedly the easiest. The Balmoral was named in the sale. And the rest?

[figheadair]

No other ideas?

[California Highlander]

Well, to my very untrained eye, this one looks like a Robertson.

My initial glance at this had me thinking Mackintosh, but the thin double stripes on the red changed me to Robertson. Some Mackintosh variation?

[figheadair]

My initial glance at this had me thinking Mackintosh, but the thin double stripes on the red changed me to Robertson. Some Mackintosh variation?

No, neither of those. What about the rest?

[Nathan]

I see what looks like a Clan Donald tartan but with the green rendered as sky blue. Is this just faded? Would it still be MacDonald?

I also thought I saw MacGregor - Not the Rob Roy one, but the other MacGregor.

Is that white a white steward variant?

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[figheadair]

I see what looks like a Clan Donald tartan but with the green rendered as sky blue. Is this just faded? Would it still be MacDonald?

I also thought I saw MacGregor - Not the Rob Roy one, but the other MacGregor.

Is that white a white steward variant?

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Now we're getting somewhere .

Yes, Clan Donald with a light green not sky blue. I assume everone's worked out that it's possible to zoom in on the individual images?

Let's take Rob Roy and Balmoral as read. No other MacGregor setts but a couple of intersting patterns and one of particular note.

[Nathan]

I see what looks like Royal Stewart in the other pictures when I scrolled down. There's also one with red green and blue that looks like one you wrote a paper about perhaps?