The Glen Affric Tartan is now for sale!

[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.

[Bill Catherall]

I just ordered 5 yards of Glen Affric from HoE and it must be pretty popular. It's backordered until mid March.

[figheadair]

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

Not quite. I said the shades (as opposed to the colours) are speculative.

[figheadair]

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?

Technically, it is new because it has not been woven, in this form, before.

[Clubbingclown]

Even if the colors aren't the originals, I still really love having the bog colors available to wear now.
Feels like a fun thing to announce you're wearing the "Bog Tartan" and then get to go into a ramble about it's history when people ask :0)

[OC Richard]

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

Reading about the analysis of the tartan scarf and skirt of the Huldremose Woman bog find, it was possible to identify the dye-agents used, each of which gives a range of possible colours.

So a dye-agent was identified which is known to yield a range of colours on the red-to-purple spectrum, but it can't be known exactly what colour the original dyer achieved.

Guessing that a similar situation exists with the Glen Affric bog find it was up to Peter to use his knowledge of historic tartan and his feel for traditional colour-usage to arrive at what colours to use for the reconstruction, in the knowledge that a certain range of other possibilities exists.