This is the Glen Affric tartan,the world’s oldest tartan.

Описание: This is the Glen Affric tartan,the world’s oldest tartan.

Discovered approximately forty years ago in a peat bog, the Glen Affric Tartan underwent testing organised by The Scottish Tartans Authority to confirm it was indeed the oldest surviving piece of tartan, dating from 1500-1600.

Although earlier cloths have been discovered in Scotland, this is the first to show a distinctive tartan pattern with multiple crossing lines of different dyed yarns.

It features the colours that dye analysis of the original tartan had confirmed - this included the use of green, yellow and red, which would have come from woad or indigo to create the green along with other natural dyes. This, along with the determined thread count, helped The House of Edgar bring this piece of Scottish history back to life.

Huge thank you to House of Edgar for gifting me this stunning kilt, I have wanted to tell this story for a while and they were kind enough to actually make a kilt for me using the Glen Affric tartan!

The recreated fabric is now part of House of Edgar’s “Seventeen Eighty Three Collection,” a nod to the year House of Edgar was founded.

sources: House of Edgar

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