MacCallum (Clan) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- MacCallum (Clan)
- ITI Number:
- 767
- Category:
- Clan/Family
- Designer / Source:
- Unknown
- Date:
- pre 1832
- Slog:
- KBK:KBK
- Colour Sequence:
- GKAGKBK
- Thread Count:
- G42 K12 A6 G22 K34 B34 K6
- Notes:
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The black next to the azure was entered as 4 which is also what is shown in the old Tartans Society Register and which seems to have been accepted by many ‘experts’. However, going back to the woven silk sample of DW Stewart it can be seen that in sampler it was 10. STS notes: D. W. Stewart wrote, ‘‘It is believed that the family (MacCallum), having lost trace of the old sett 50 or 60 years ago (i.e. 1832 – 1843), had the modern design prepared from the recollection of old people in Argyllshire; but the recovery of the original design shows that considerable deviation had been made.’‘ ‘Old and Rare Scottish Tartans’ recorded just 45 tartans, specially woven in silk, of particular interest or antiquity. Copies of the book are now valuable collectors’ items. The count for this graphic is from a Lochcarron sample.
