Gartshore Tartan

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

Part of Clan Gartshore

About this tartan

Clan Gartshore is an armigerous Lowland family named after the lands of Gartshore in the parish of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire. References to the family go back to the late 12th century. The estate passed down through the family until Captain Patrick Gartshore of that Ilk died without issue in the 17th century; it passed to his brother James, a Doctor of Divinity and parson of Cardross, who, because of debts Patrick had contracted in the army, assigned it to their youngest brother Alexander, a merchant

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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.