Ainslie Tartan

Blankets, clothing, ornaments and gifts in the Ainslie tartan - each one made for you.

Part of Clan Ainslie
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About this tartan

Ainslie is a Scottish Borders family long associated with Roxburghshire, where its historic seat was Dolphinstone Castle near Jedburgh. The family held Dolphinston by 1221; it passed to the Kers around 1500 when Marjorie Ainslie married Mark Ker of Littledean. One tradition traces the name to Saxon lords of Annesley in Nottinghamshire said to have fled north after the Norman Conquest, though no documented line links the two

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.