Purves Tartan

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

Part of Clan Purves
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About this tartan

Purves is a Scottish Borders surname, a variant of Purvis, usually explained as an occupational name from the Middle English purveys and the Old French porveoir, 'to provide', for the person who obtained supplies for a household or monastery. In Berwickshire the name is tied to Purves Hall in the parish of Eccles: in 1673 Sir William Purves, Solicitor General for Scotland and a baronet of Nova Scotia since 1665, bought the lands of Nether Tofts and renamed them Purves Hall. No 'Clan Purves' with its own chief is documented; the name is treated as armigerous

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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.