Scottish Textiles

Scottish Tartans & History

May 28, 2008

Aberdeen Tartan

The Aberdeen tartan is one of the brightest tartan choices available. This happens so because the use of colors in this tartan include brighter hues of red and white along with shades of sky blue and even pink tones in many of the fabrics. This tartan has been used mainly for restricted purposes, which implies that this tartan is something that will be supplied under special conditions. There is another implication of the restricted tartans that means that this would be supplied directly from its owner. Then there are also various corporate tartans, which are not for public use.

So if you want a tartan that is not available or restricted, then a better alternative would be to consider another existing sett that is equally appropriate for your heritage. There are also options where you can get one designed personally for yourself and that too at no added costs. It has been seen that there are many family or clan tartans, which may or may not bee worn by anyone. Apart from this, there are also historic tartans, which are long out of copyright. Hence these Aberdeen tartans are not always that easily available but they can be woven as per the requirement you have.

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