Wanted: Ancient Morrison Green

[Renaissance]

Please delete thread so sorry I asked.

[Steve Ashton]

If I may suggest - Why not contact your local kiltmaker or even one of the weaving companies? The Morrison Green Tartan is readily available in the Modern, Ancient, and Weathered colorways.

[Renaissance]

I will never ask again.

[Steve Ashton]

Can you be a bit more specific in what you need? That will help us guide you.

Do you know which weaving mill you prefer and which weight of fabric you prefer?

And there are kiltmakers in Maine. At least one is a member here.

But if you want fabric for table coverings or for making stuff like banners, may I suggest that you take a look at one of our advertisers. Burnett's & Struth. They are located in Barrie, ON Canada but stock perhaps one of the largest inventories of Tartan fabric in N. America.

You may also buy fabric direct from all the mills. Each will have a slightly different set of dyes so the colors will change a bit.

[Steve Ashton]

This description from The Scottish Register of Tartan may be of interest to you.

"There are two 'stories' surrounding the Morrison clan tartans 1. The official Morrison clan tartan was recorded by Lord Lyon on 3rd January 1968, from a piece of tartan found in an old Morrison family bible. The bible contained a hand written reference to the tartan and was dated 1747, one year after the proscription of Highland dress. The discovery was made during the demolition of a Black House on Lewis in 1935. Lord Lyon was convinced that it represented the most authentic pattern of what the Morrisons wore in those days and he based the new tartan on the relic. The sample in the Scottish Tartans Authority Dalgety Collection was woven by Lochcarron and is labelled (16th March 1972) 'Enclosed pattern of the NEW Clan Morrison tartan woven from the sett provided by the Clan Secretary about the end of 1968 and made for the Morrison Clan. The Green one is now officially known as the Society Morrison.' There is no 'green Morrison' as such unless that refers to the Morrison Hunting (#1083, original Scottish Tartans Authority reference). 2. #993 (original Scottish Tartans Authority reference) is the original Morrison clan tartan but the reason that #998 (original Scottish Tartans Authority reference) is now regarded as such is said to be as follows: Colonel Morrison, wishing to re-establish his tartan - his old pre-1939 kilt had been destroyed in a London air-raid - made an error by centring ONE green line instead of TWO on the red band. When this was later brought to the attention of Sir Thomas of Learney (Lord Lyon) by Stuart Davidson in 1967 he refused to alter what had been registered in Lyon Court Books and remarked that the Morrisons would just have to accept it."

[Steve Ashton]

And the Morrison Society Tartan, commonly called Morrison Green has this description -

" In 1597 up to 60 Morrison families fled the Outer Hebrides and resettled on the mainland in north west Sutherland - MacKay country. The first record of this ‘green Morrison’ appears in the 1880 Clans Originaux sample book and its similarity to the Mackay tartan can be explained by the Morrisons’ new location. It was also included as Morrison in the 1906 W & A K Johnston "Tartans of the Clans & Septs of Scotland". Reports that it was designed in 1909 by a J G MacKay are therefore in error. After the present red Morrison (STA 998) was rediscovered/adopted as the clan tartan, this original was renamed Morrison Society with alternative names of Hunting Morrison or Green Morrison."

[Micrographia]

The origins of the Morrison tartans is one of those frustrating and amusing stories so common in Scottish clan histories. As an interesting recent article on the history of the Morrisons notes;

"The Morrisons have two tartans, one red and one green....There are contradictory and differing accounts about the tartan origins but none have any factual evidence to support them."

https://electricscotland.com/webclan...sonHistory.pdf

Luckily, both the red and green tartans look great . My family has always used the modern green but I have to admit that the red in the muted colour way is very attractive.

Regards, EEM.