Description
Book SynopsisTartans have a long and fascinating history, with patterns specific to a particular region dating back to the 16th century. The wearing of tartans became widespread in Scotland during the 18th century, when clan warriors would choose a particular pattern of colours to show allegiance to a particular leader. Some of the earliest records of whole Scots regiments wearing the same tartan date back to the Seven Years War in Canada (1756– 63). In the early 19th century, the novels of Sir Walter Scott captured the public imagination with romanticized accounts of dashing Highlanders, starting a trend for all things Scottish. This gave rise to attempts to catalogue the patterns, or setts, worn by each of the traditional clans, and to revive the wearing of these tartans. Many new designs proliferated during this period, with tartan becoming a true symbol of Scottishness, incorporated into clothing, biscuit tins and trinkets. Throughout the 20th century, tartans have continued to be devised for special occasions and regions far from the Celtic countries. Nowadays both the United States and Canada have a strong tartan tradition, and there are more than 2,700 known and registered setts in circulation, of which this book contains many of the best known.
Featuring more than 250 setts, Tartans is a comprehensive guide to the ancient tartans of Scotland and Ireland, along with many other tartans adopted by organizations and regions around the world in more recent times. For anyone interested in tracing their Celtic roots and investigating the tartans of the Scottish clans, this is an accessible and attractive reference guide.
Table of ContentsTartans featured include:
Abbotsford
Abercrombie
Agnew
Allison
Anderson
Arbuthnot
Armstrong
Austin
Baillie
Baird
Bannockbane
Barclay-Dress
Barclay-Hunting
Bisset
Blair
Borthwick-Dress
Borthwick
Bowie
Boyd
Brodie-Hunting
Bruce
Buccleuch
Buchanan
Buchanan-Hunting
Buchan-Clan
Burnett
Burns-Check
Cameron-Clan
Cameron-Erracht
Cameron-Hunting
Cameron-Lochiel
Campbell
Campbell Argyll
Campbell-Breadalbane
Campbell-Cawdor
Campbell-Dress
Campbell-Louden
Carmichael
Carnegie
Chattan
Chisholm Hunting
Chisholm
Christie
Clark
Cochrane
Cockburn
Colquhoun
Cooper
Craig
Cranston
Crawford
Cree
Cumming-Clan
Cumming-Hunting
Cunningham
Dalziel
Davidson-Clan
DavidsonTulloch
Douglas-Grey
Douglas
Drummond
Drummond-Perth
Drummond-Strathallan
Dunbar
Duncan
Dundas
Dyce
Elliot
Erskine (Black-White)
Erskine
Farquharson
Ferguson
Fletcher-Dunans
Fletcher
Forbes
Forbes-Dress
Forsyth
Fraser-Hunting
Fraser-Old
Fraser-Red
Galbraith
Gillies
Gordon-Clan
Gordon-Dress
Gordon-Old
Gordon-Red
Gow
Graham
Menteith
Graham
Montrose
Grant
Gunn
Guthrie
Hamilton-Dress
Hamilton-Green
Hamilton-Hunting
Hannay
Hay&Leith
Hay
Henderson
Home
Hunter
Inglis
Innes-Red
Irvine
Johnstone
Keith
Kennedy
Kerr
Kidd
Kilgour
Kincaid-Kincaid
Lamont
Lauder
Leslie-Green
Leslie-Red
Lindsay
Livingston
Logan
Lumsden
MacAlister
MacAlpine
MacArthur
MacAuley
MacAuley-Hunting
MacBean
MacBeth
MacCallum
MacColl
MacDiarmid
MacDonald Ardnamurchan
MacDonald-Boisdale
MacDonald-Clan
MacDonald-Clanranald
MacDonald-Dress
MacDonald-Isles-Hunting
MacDonald-Isles-Red
MacDonald-Kingsburgh
MacDonald-Lord-Isles
MacDonald-Sleet
MacDonald-Staffa
MacDonnell-Glengarry
MacDonnell-Keppoch
MacDougall
MacDuff- Hunting
MacDuff-Dress
MacDuff-Hunting
MacDuff
MacEwan
MacFarlane-Black-White
MacFarlane-Clan
MacFarlane-Hunting
MacGill
MacGillivray-Hunting
MacGillivray
MacGill
MacGregor
MacGregor-Hunting
MacGregor
MacGregor-Rob-Roy
MacHardy
Macian
MacInnes-Hunting
MacIntosh-Clan
MacIntosh-Hunting
MacIntyre-Hunting
MacIntyre-Clan
MacIntyre-Glenorchy
MacIvor
MacKay
MacKay-Blue
MacKellar
MacKenzie
MacKenzie-Dress
MacKillop
MacKinley
MacKinnon-Hunting
MacKinnon-Red
MacLachlan-Dress
MacLachlan
MacLachlan-Old
MacLaine-Lochbuie-Hunting
MacLaine-Lochbuie
MacLaren-Clan
MacLean-Duart
MacLean-Hunting
MacLellan
MacLennan
MacLeod-Dress
MacLeod-Harris
MacLeod-Red
MacMillan-Dress
MacMillan-Hunting
MacMillan-Old MacNab
MacNaughton
MacNeil-Barra
MacNeil-Colonsay
MacPhail-Hunting
MacPhail-Red
MacPherson-Dress
MacPherson-Hunting
MacPherson-Red
MacPhie
MacQuarrie MacQueen
MacRae-Conchra
MacRae-Dress
MacRae-Hunting
MacRae-Red
MacTaggart
MacTavish
MacThomas
Malcolm
Marshall
Matheson-Hunting
Matheson-Red
Maxwell
Melville
Menzies-Black White
Menzies-Green
Menzies-Red White
Middleton
Mitchell
Moffat
Montgomery
Morgan
Morrison-Green
Morrison-Red
Mowat
Muir
Munro
Munro-Red-Black
Murray Atholl
Murray-Elibank
Murray-Tullibardine
Napier
Nicolson-Hunting
Nicolson
Nisbet
Ogilvie-Hunting
Ogilvie-Old-Rare
Oliphant
Oliver
Oliver-Hunting
Ramsay-Blue
Ramsay-Red
Rattray
Renwick
Robertson-Hunting
Robertson-Red
Rose-Hunting
Rose-Red
Ross-Hunting
Ross-Red
Russell
Ruthven
Scott-Black-White
Scott-Green
Scott-Hunting
Scott-Red
Scrimgeour Seton-Hunting
Seton
Shaw
Shaw-Tordarroch-Green
Shaw-Tordarroch-Red
Shepherd
Sinclair-Hunting
Sinclair-Red
Skene
Smith
Stewart Appin-Hunting
Stewart-Black
Stewart-Blue-Dress
Stewart-Dress
Stewart-Hunting
Stewart-Royal
Stuart-Bute
Sutherland-Old
Taylor
Thompson Hunting
Thompson Red
Thomson-Blue
Thomson-Grey
Turnbull-Dress
Turnbull-Hunting
Urquhart
Wallace Hunting
Wallace Red
Watson
Weir
Wemyss
Wilson
DISTRICT & SPECIAL
Aberdeen
Angus
Black Watch
Black Watch-Dress
Buchan
Caledonia
Clergy Commonwealth
Cornish
Culloden
Duchess-Of-Kent
Duke-Of-Rothesay
Duke-Of-Rothesay-Hunting
Dunblane
Dundee-Old
Earl-St Andrews
Edinburgh
Flower-Of-Scotland
Galloway-Hunting
Galloway-Red
Glasgow
Holyrood
Huntley
Inverness
Irish National Tartan
Jacobite
King-George VI Lennox
Lochaber
Lorne
Marr
Musselburgh
Nithsdale
Paisley
Prince of Wales
Stirling & Bannockburn
Tweedside
CANADIAN
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Maple-Leaf
Cape Breton
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova-Scotia
Ontario
PEI
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
