1842 variant?

[Kilted Cole]

Hey, I noticed one of my clans, Clan Farquharson...apparently has a variant of its tartan called the the 1842 variation.....does anyone know if there is a history behind this?

[jhockin]

in case you have read it already:

http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=1150

[Kilted Cole]

That really doesn't answer my question.....the link is far to vague.

[Downunder Kilt]

The only history to it is that it was produced in the Vestiarium Scoticum by the the brothers John Sobieski Stolberg Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, a copy which can be found digitally reproduced on the STM site
http://resources.scottishtartans.org/vestiarium.html

[M. A. C. Newsome]

This is a slightly different setting of the Farquharson tartan, as recorded in the book Vestiarium Scoticum, published in 1842. It is currently woven by House of Edgar and stocked in their medium weight "Old and Rare" range, which includes many less common tartans, and some different variations on more common tartans. They are the ones who refer to it as the "1842 variant" in reference to the publication date of the VS, and - I presume - as a way to market this tartan as an older variation of the one normally woven.

[OC Richard]

I for one would rather go with any traditional tartan over a Vestiarium Scoticum one, because the authors just made up their tartans as they went along, either inventing them or modifying current ones, none of their products looking as nice as the traditional tartans their designs replaced.