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1. Tartan - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan
Description: WEBTartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns. Tartans originated in woven wool, but are now made in other materials.
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2. Scottish Tartan & Clan Finder | ScotlandShop
Link: https://www.scotlandshop.com/us/tartan-finder
Description: WEBTartan Finder. Search by name to find your clan and tartan from a choice of over 1,000, or use the filter to choose your favourite colour.
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3. List of tartans - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tartans
Description: WEBList of tartans. This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations.
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4. The real history of tartan, from the Scottish Highlands to the …
Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/scotland-tartan-plaid-real-history
Description: WEBMar 29, 2023 · Known as plaid in the United States, the iconic Scottish pattern is equally popular around the world. Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, Nat Geo Image Collection. By Karen Gardiner. March 29, 2023. •...
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5. Tartan | History, Patterns & Uses | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/art/tartan-textile-design
Description: WEBMar 14, 2024 · Tartan, cross-checkered repeating pattern (or “sett”) of different coloured bands, stripes, or lines of definite width and sequence, woven into woolen cloth (sometimes with silk added). Although such patterns have existed for centuries in many cultures, they have come to be regarded as peculiarly.
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6. What is Tartan? - The Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage …
Link: https://scottishtartansmuseum.org/education/what-is-tartan/
Description: WEBTartan refers to the pattern of interlocking stripes, running in both the warp and weft in the cloth (horizontal and vertical), or any representation of such a woven design in other media (printed, painted, or otherwise rendered).
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7. Tartan: The misunderstood icon of 'Scottishness' - BBC
Link: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210504-tartan-the-misunderstood-icon-of-scottishness
Description: WEB26 May 2021. By Norman Miller,Features correspondent. Getty Images. Tartan is updating its image in the 21st Century, with new patterns exploring issues around climate change, homelessness – and...
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8. The Scottish Register of Tartans
Link: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index
Description: WEBThe Scottish Register of Tartans is an online database of tartan designs, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 and administered by the National Records of Scotland. 23...
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9. Brief History of Tartan - The Scottish Tartans Museum and …
Link: https://scottishtartansmuseum.org/education/brief-history-of-tartan/
Description: WEBIn modern parlance, they are often referred to as “great kilts.” The earliest mention of this garment in the historic record comes from the Life of Red Hugh O’Donnell, written in Irish Gaelic in 1594. This work describes Scottish mercenaries from the Hebrides being noticeable among the Irish because of the difference in their dress.
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10. A-Z - The Scottish Register of Tartans
Link: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/az
Description: WEBA-Z - The Scottish Register of Tartans. The Scottish Register of Tartans (the Register) is a national repository of tartan designs. It is an on-line website database facility maintained by...