Can this be regarded as a tartan?

[slohairt]

It is a real tartan. It's called Black Stewart, and it is actually a symmetrical tartan. You could pleat it to the white stripe bordered by the red in the centre of the sett. I would think you could use two repeats of the pattern per pleat to give it more depth. As for sewing the edges of the pleats, I wouldn't bother. If there are enough pleats, and enough depth to those pleats, it should hang quite nicely.

[Mipi]

It is a real tartan. It's called Black Stewart, .

Could that be a Tweedside District variation?

[slohairt]

Could that be a Tweedside District variation?

No, Black Stewart is just the Royal Stewart tartan with a black background instead of red. There is also Grey Stewart, Green Stewart, Dress Stewart (white background), etc. Most were designed for the fashion industry as the Royal Stewart tartan is very popular.

As far as I know, there is only the Tweedside district tartan (black, white, and red) and the Tweedside Hunting (blue, green, and white).