Tartan Plaids

Tartan Plaids
TARTANS, TARTAN PLAIDS, SCOTCH PLAIDS
Coloured checks which are the distinctive dress of the Scottish Highlanders where each clan has its own pattern, such as Mackenzie, Stewart, Cameron, Black Watch, Sutherland, Rob Roy, etc. The weave is a serge twill and the cloth is made into kilts, coats, shawls, etc. Wool yarns are used. Cotton dress goods made to imitate the tartans used by the Scottish clans. A large trade is done in Colne and other districts in cloths 27-in. to 30-in. wide, about 50 to 70 ends and picks per inch, 20's to 30's warp, and 16's to 24's weft. Yorkshire has a fair trade in tartans made from wool yarns.

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