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The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version. Another tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps, [6] but it is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MoD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform. [7] 18 Red Robertson: 19 Hunting Fraser: 22
The book itself is purported to be a reproduction, with colour illustrations, of a 15th-century manuscript on the clan tartans of Scottish families. Shortly after its publication it was denounced as a forgery, and the "Stuart" brothers who brought it forth were also denounced as impostors for claiming to be the grandsons of Bonnie Prince Charlie .
Several tartans for Cornish families have been created and registered in modern times, e.g. for family get-togethers and weddings. Most of the following have been registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority or with Scottish Tartans World Register (reference numbers shown below, where applicable), and thus are also included in the newer database of the Scottish Register of Tartans.
The Religious Society of Free Quakers, originally called "The Religious Society of Friends, by some styled the Free Quakers," was established on February 20, 1781 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More commonly known as Free Quakers , the Society was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers , who had been expelled for ...
Nunavut's tartan design looks to qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge) in the selection of an eight-colour palette, with white being used for four of the eight colours; dark blue, light purple, yellow and black are the remaining dye lots. The colours were chosen to represent the following: Dark blue – the deep, icy, blue waters ...
A Queer Tartan Register for the LGBTQIA+ community has been established as a pastiche of the Scottish Register of Tartans. It uses crystal-like shapes generated using 3D software that is wrapped in tartan. The shapes are used to denote safe spaces for the queer community. They are also used as a repeat pattern for textiles.
A few other quibbles: the Ghana picture doesn't illustrate anything related to tartan (the grid-like pattern on one cloth is a printed pattern, not woven, as the colours do not blend); checkerboard (dicing) is also not related to tartan but is a patchwork or printed pattern in which, again, colours do not blend (same goes for the modern ...
The STA holds a collection of tartan and Highland Dress; costume, textiles, tartan records, manuscripts, books, other important artefacts. It holds details of c.10,000 tartans within its core database [ 3 ] and a number of items from the collection are on loan to various Museums, notably: National Museums Scotland , V&A Dundee , Braemar ...