While I was visiting Barb T yesterday I got to see a Box-pleated kilt that she's currently making in the Cameron of Erracht tartan. It's a beautiful, bold, and busy tartan...but Barb and I both agreed that it really is well suited to box pleating. Here's a pic of the kilt in-progress:


My admiration of the tartan inspired me to do some research when I got home. I found this site which shows an original historic kilt made in this tartan:
John Alexander Cameron

I was shocked at the difference between the "Modern" colors and the original. As I recall from reading previous threads, some recent, about historic dyes and colors, the green fades more than blue or red...which you can plainly see here.

I really like the muted colors of this original. I compared it to the Weathered version of the tartan...the green looks about right, but the blue shade is wrong, the red shows as brown, etc.

I don't know the reason for making this post...yes I'd love a kilt in this tartan woven in the original shades...but that's a LONG way down the list of wants. I just thought it might spark some interesting discussions...and wanted to shared the link to the historic kilt pics for those that may never have seen it. Of particular interest to me are the button waistband with watch/change pocket....interesting!! Anybody have a drawing of the design of this kilt?