Nevada State (District) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- Nevada State (District)
- ITI Number:
- 3091
- Category:
- American District
- Designer / Source:
- Pawlowski, Richard Zygmunt
- Date:
- 2001
- Copyright:
- US Senate Bill No. 347
- Slog:
- WWB:BRB
- Colour Sequence:
- WWBWBYBRB
- Thread Count:
- W14 DW32 DB8 DW18 DB18 DY8 DB8 R8 DB64
- Notes:
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Designed by California born Rick Zygmunt Pawlowski (‘Ziggy’) and officially adopted by the state in May 2001.The blue and silver represent Nevada’s state colours. Red is for the Virgin Valley black fire opal, the official state precious gemstone and the red rock formations of southern Nevada. Yellow is for the sagebrush, the state flower; white is for the name of the state – Nevada is Spanish and means snowy or snow clad and is a reference to the US Sierra Nevada mountain range that runs down the eastern border of California, overlooking Nevada.
Other symbolic references are made in the US Senate Bill No. 347.
Design input also from Alistair Buchan and Leah Robertson of the weavers, Lochcarron of Scotland. Lochcarron swatch.
