MALCOLM (MODERN) SOLID James Hepburn

James Hepburn

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There is a strong similarity in the pattern structure of the 'Appin' and the MacColl tartans

a family tartan based on the Douglas was introduced to commemorate early family connections

He took the count from a manuscript account book in the National Museum of Scotland

MALCOLM (MODERN) SOLID James HepburnThis is the correct version of the asymmetrical Malcolm as shown by the woven sample in W and A Smith's 1850 publication 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. Their provenance was 'We addressed Sir John Malcolm of Balbeadie on the subject of his Tartan, and enclosed a specimen, which the worthy Baronet acknowledges to be correct.' D. C. Stewart notes in his Nomindex 'Remarkable similarity to the Double Davidson.'