BURNS CHECK DRESS Also known as Comyn

Also known as Comyn

LORNE BLUE

with a traditional 'window-pane' check that is interwoven with threads of sky and topaz

They are associated with Dunottar Castle

This 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'

BURNS CHECK DRESS Also known as ComynAlmost 50 years ago the late Baron Marchand of Messrs George Harrison & Co. of Edinburgh explained to E. S. Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin, how the Burns Check came about. He related that he had been approached by a friend from 'The Scotsman' newspaper with the suggestion that he create a Robert Burns tartan. The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell a clan with which the Burns family were connected but after much discussion it was decided