Tartan of the Month - August: What do you see?

[sydnie7]

Oh dear! - look again

Fool me twice, shame on me

My mother does have a lovely Navajo rug that hung on the wall for years in direct sunlight and the two sides have that degree of difference!

But I'll bow out now, having exposed the fact that I've no business posting in this thread

[figheadair]

No need to bow out. Look again and see what's there

[Spc. Scott]

Looks like the two sides of that cloth are not the same. Stripe sizes look very different. Similar pattern to them both but different thread counts maybe? As if there were two different pieces of cloth that were put together back to back.

[Morris at Heathfield]

I interpreted Peter's response to Sydnie to mean that these are two different pieces of cloth.

[Nighthawk]

Well, it appears to have been hosted by Photobucket.

My thought, too. I can't see it...

[xman]

Looking only at the image in post #7 (as it's the only one I see) I can spot a herringbone selvedge on the lower plaid in the image. Guessing then that this is the piece for the month I'll state that the green is either an astounding choice and very vibrant or else has faded somewhat over time. It's such a nice green though that it seems intentional.

It looks like the piece on the top of the image is a similar tartan, but employs more than one Green, perhaps a Navy too. I wonder how these plaids are (obviously) related. MacQuarrie maybe?

[figheadair]

I interpreted Peter's response to Sydnie to mean that these are two different pieces of cloth.

MoH - you interpret correctly.

Looking only at the image in post #7 (as it's the only one I see) I can spot a herringbone selvedge on the lower plaid in the image. Guessing then that this is the piece for the month I'll state that the green is either an astounding choice and very vibrant or else has faded somewhat over time. It's such a nice green though that it seems intentional.

It looks like the piece on the top of the image is a similar tartan, but employs more than one Green, perhaps a Navy too. I wonder how these plaids are (obviously) related. MacQuarrie maybe?

X - the smaller piece was that shown in the OP. You're on the right track - keep going and tease that thought process out.

[English Bloke]

Peter? Can't see the image in your first post.

[figheadair]

Peter? Can't see the image in your first post.

Hummmmm. Not sure why that should be. I'll need to check once I'm back on my other machine that let's me onto Photobucket.

[xman]

X - the smaller piece was that shown in the OP. You're on the right track - keep going and tease that thought process out.

Now I see the Blue herringbone edge in the top (smaller?) plaid as well. Both pieces might be from the same era.