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  2. Argyle (pattern) - Wikipedia

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    1812 portrait of Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell in patterned socks. The argyle pattern derives loosely from the tartan of Clan Campbell of Argyll in western Scotland, [1] used for kilts and plaids, and from the patterned socks worn by Scottish Highlanders since at least the 17th century (these were generally known as "tartan hose").

  3. Kilt - Wikipedia

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    A kilt (Scottish Gaelic: fèileadh [ˈfeːləɣ]) [1] is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length ...

  4. List of tartans - Wikipedia

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    Image Association Origin Notes House of Stuart/Stewart: Highland clans, Scottish royalty: The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans.

  5. Tartan - Wikipedia

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    A rare style, traditionally used for arisaid (earasaid) tartans but no longer in much if any Scottish use, is a pattern consisting entirely of thin over-checks, sometimes grouped, "on" a single ground colour, usually white. [74] M. Martin (1703) reported that the line colours were typically blue, black, and red. [75]

  6. History of the kilt - Wikipedia

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    Highland soldier in 1744, an early picture of great kilt, with the plaid being used to protect the musket lock from rain and wind.. The belted plaid (breacan an fhéilidh) or great plaid (feileadh mòr), also known as the great kilt, is likely to have evolved over the course of the 16th century from the earlier "brat" or woollen cloak (also known as a plaid) which was worn over a tunic (the ...

  7. Border tartan - Wikipedia

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    The modern Border tartan is a crossweave of small dark and light checks, much plainer than the more elaborate Scottish tartans. [2] Traditionally, the yarn for the light squares was simply untreated sheep's wool and the darker yarn was the same wool dyed with simple vegetable dyes, such as alder bark or water flag , or the untreated wool of a ...

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