Tartan of the month - November: What do yo see?

[R.S.Buff]

Other than the red the colors are very dark , blue , green and maybe black. possibly industrial dye.

[figheadair]

And are those reflections from this being mounted under/behind glass, or are they wear/age/soil marks?

The suggestion of a jacket underarm seems logical, from a relatively fitted design.

An excellent observation. Reflections indeed. And seams too.

[CopperNGold]

Tailoring seam. Would this be worn during the day or at night? Here's a very wild guess. A shooting or stalking jacket?

Once again, I know nothing...

[xman]

... the blue seems asymmetrical, appearing only to one side of the thin red line.

I will assume that the pale blue thread isn't intentional, but simply a less dark part of the thread from a darker Blue spool.

[figheadair]

I will assume that the pale blue thread isn't intentional, but simply a less dark part of the thread from a darker Blue spool.

That is an incorrect assumption. It's ment to be there.

[CopperNGold]

Is the pale blue line a hand stitch? If it is, the contrasting color might be meant to stand out? A tailor's mark of some kind to line up the stripes? Is it removable, like a fine basting stitch?

[Paul Henry]

Is the pale blue line a hand stitch? If it is, the contrasting color might be meant to stand out? A tailor's mark of some kind to line up the stripes? Is it removable, like a fine basting stitch?

If you look closely you can see that it is possibily 4 threads wide and there is a crossing of it with 4 blue threads on the right side of the picture as well, so definately meant to be there, and not designed to be removeable,
sometimes it helps with these examples to copy into an image programme where you can then enlarge and also change the colour balance, which usually helps to make things clearer

[xman]

If you look closely you can see that it is possibily 4 threads wide and there is a crossing of it with 4 blue threads on the right side of the picture as well, ...

Quite right, thank-you.

[CopperNGold]

Thanks, PaulHenry. I'll do that. My laptop doesn't show much detail. That's right, I blame it on the laptop!

[figheadair]

Here's another image. I've photoshopped out the background to give a clearer view. Couldn't get rid of all the reflection. The four thread mid-blue can clearly be seen in the warp and weft. More thoughts?