The Glen Affric Tartan is now for sale!

[Patty Logan]

This should tell you what I think.

https://www.scottishtartans.co.uk/A_...len_Affric.pdf

Aside from that Peter. Is the tartan registered?

[figheadair]

Aside from that Peter. Is the tartan registered?

It is, but not yet visible on the SRT. It is also protected through the UK Design Registry.

[OC Richard]

It is, but not yet visible on the SRT. It is also protected through the UK Design Registry.

It's a bit of a head-shaker that it's being marketed alongside such tartans as "Beltane Blaze" and "The Alchemist"

https://www.houseofedgar.com/product...three-tartans/

I was hoping that the HoE "1783 range" was going to be a series of reproductions of early tartans such as old Wilsons patterns in Wilsons colours and such.

[figheadair]

It's a bit of a head-shaker that it's being marketed alongside such tartans as "Beltane Blaze" and "The Alchemist"

https://www.houseofedgar.com/product...three-tartans/

I was hoping that the HoE "1783 range" was going to be a series of reproductions of early tartans such as old Wilsons patterns in Wilsons colours and such.

Richard, that would be great and their Old & Rare range was sort of in that area. The problem with that range is that many are hopelessly off the originals.

[OC Richard]

Richard, that would be great and their Old & Rare range was sort of in that area. The problem with that range is that many are hopelessly off the originals.

Yes that's the crux of it, "sort of in that area".

Of course they're in the business of selling cloth, not being a museum, and they continue to create dozens of new fashion tartans which evidently sell.

However as beautiful as Wilsons colours are one would think that a weaver could kill two birds with one stone: make cloth that is historically accurate and very attractive, thus selling well.

As much as I dislike many of the Allen Brothers' sophomoric designs I do like the fact that HoE is reviving some of their more successful efforts. For better or for worse let these tartans step out of old musty books and be worn again!

[OC Richard]

It is, but not yet visible on the SRT. It is also protected through the UK Design Registry.

So does House of Edgar have exclusive rights to weave and sell it?

As Lochcarron did with Isle of Skye?

[figheadair]

So does House of Edgar have exclusive rights to weave and sell it?

As Lochcarron did with Isle of Skye?

Yes they do.

[OC Richard]

Yes they do.

Yet, as was the case with Isle of Skye, it probably won't be long till they're weaving it in Pakistan and it will be on sale (in glorious "acrylic wool") in the Royal Mile tat shops.

[Tomo]

It is, but not yet visible on the SRT. It is also protected through the UK Design Registry.

I'm curious about this. As a registered design needs to be new, and not be identical (or differing only in immaterial detail) to a design that has been disclosed to the public anywhere in the world prior to the application date, is the registered design somehow different to the original sample or is it an exact reproduction?

[MacKenzie]

is the registered design somehow different to the original sample or is it an exact reproduction?

In Peter's essay it is called a "speculative reconstruction".

Due to the incomplete dye analysis an accurate reconstruction of the pattern is not possible but a conceivable arrangement is at Figure 18, the exact shades are speculative.