MACKAY (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre The swatches were to be

The swatches were to be signed and sealed in the chief's own hand

which existed in the collection of the Highland Society of London

This is the correct version of the asymmetrical Malcolm as shown by the woven sample in W and A Smith's 1850 publication 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

sometime prior to 1822

MACKAY (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre The swatches were to beThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.