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Moncreiffe (MacLachlan) Clan Tartan #963 |
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Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, acquired the MacLachlan old sett for the clan in 1974. As a result of a long association with Clan Murray, the Moncreiffes traditionally wore the Atholl tartan. Sir Iain... arranged that Madam MacLachlan of MacLachlan assign to him this simple pattern of red and green which was no longer favoured by Clan MacLachlan but was in Wilsons of Bannockburns pattern book 1790. Sir Iain felt the sett was appropriate to the long history of the clan and the colours represented the colour of his arms. It has also be called Robin Hood. |
MacLachlan Dress Clan Tartan #828 |
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MacLachlan Hunting Clan Tartan #775 |
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MacLachlan Clan Tartan #732 |
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T. Smibert produced a book entitled, 'The Clans of the Highlands of Scotland' in 1850 which is widely regarded as an accurate source for the tartans illustrated within it. Smibert had access to the patterns of Wilson's of Bannockburn who had been weavers 'since the '45', and to the works of Logan and the Sobieski brothers. Of the three distinct versions of MacLachlan tartan, Smiberts rendering is the one woven today, and it would appear to have a longer history than might be gathered from the date of its registration. |
MacLachlan Clan Tartan #1710 |
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'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' (1893), contains a selection of forty five setts, woven in silk, of special interest or antiquity. Many of the illustrated tartans owe their present day popularity to the publication of this work. The author was D. W. Stewart. |
MacLachlan Trade Tartan #1594 |
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This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. |
MacLachlan Clan Tartan #1593 |
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MacLachlan Clan Tartan #1277 |
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The design comes from the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842). The authors, the Sobieski Stuart brothers, enjoyed a popular following among the Scottish gentry in the early Victorian era, and in the spirit of the times, added mystery, romance and some spurious historical documentation to the subject of tartan. Of the better known tartans, the book offers some minor variation, but in other cases it provides the only recorded version of many tartans in use today. |
MacEwen Clan Tartan |
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The tartan resembles the Campbell of Loudoun except for the red stripe. MacEwans have a historical link with the Campbells dating from 1432 when the lands of MacEwan of the Otter were annexed to Campbell territory. The association was not always a happy one and the 'broken' MacEwans settled in various parts of Lennox, Lochaber and Galloway. |
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Information supplied from the Scottish Tartans Society -- the official registrar of all publically known tartans. To visit their site, click here. |
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