Rare Bonnie Prince Charlie tartan to remain 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.

**llyd** · 18th October 17, 05:22 AM

That is a brilliantly written piece on a confusing subject....Still fascinating.

**figheadair** · 18th October 17, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by llyd

That is a brilliantly written piece on a confusing subject....Still fascinating.

Thank you. I need to update it to consider the piece recently sold by L&T and also two specimens Braemar Castle. Have seen a picture of the latter but not had an opportunity to examine them yet. So much to do and so little time........