O'Brien #2 (Fashion) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- O'Brien #2 (Fashion)
- Alternative Name:
- O'Brian
- ITI Number:
- 6173
- Category:
- Irish Fashion
- Designer / Source:
- Scotch Corner (Gateshead)
- Date:
- pre 2004
- Slog:
- GRB:GGG
- Colour Sequence:
- GRBRBGGGG
- Thread Count:
- LG24 ZR6 BL4 ZR6 BL4 LG62 OG8 LG38 OG72
- Notes:
-
For Scotch Corner. An example of not checking to see if a tartan of the same name exists. It does (#2225) and is said to have been approved by the head of the family.
Scotch Corner (a company in Gateshead, England) have produced various Irish surname tartans over the years but have never advised or consulted the Scottish Tartans Authority or offered any historical evidence to their designs. Since there is no known evidence of any Irish clan/family tartans having ever existed, these should not be regarded as genuine clan/family tartans but merely fashion designs given an Irish surname. However . . . . it may be considered that this is how many of Scotland’s clan tartans originally came into being so perhaps in a hundred years or so, today’s inventions will be regarded as tomorrow’s genuine Irish clan/family tartans.
Threadcount from Alistair Buchan of Lochcarron Feb. 2003.
