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Textile

1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textiles of woollen plaids of the McKenzie tartan (78th regiment). Green and purple-blue based tartan with broad and narrow intersecting black stripes, and with narrow white stripes crossing on green and narrow red stripes crossing on the purple.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tartan
  • Tartan
Materials and techniques
Wool twill
Brief description
Two woollen plaids of the McKenzie tartan, retailed by James Locke, Great Britain, 1851
Physical description
Textiles of woollen plaids of the McKenzie tartan (78th regiment). Green and purple-blue based tartan with broad and narrow intersecting black stripes, and with narrow white stripes crossing on green and narrow red stripes crossing on the purple.
Marks and inscriptions
'Small McKenzie' (Hand-written on a label on the back of one textile)
Credit line
Presented by Messrs Locke, formerly of Regent Street, London
Object history
Formerly AP 6:1, 2-1861.
Collection
Accession number
T.321&A-1967

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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