Clan Primary Image Skene

Scottish Clans

Skene Tartans & Clan

Bienvenidos el Skene página de tartán Escocesa. Rojo, verde y azul son los colores principales en este tartán Escocesa.

Clan Motto Virtutis Regia Merces (A Palace the reward of Bravery)

Who Wears Skene Tartan? - Associated Names

First of all to explain why there are so many tartans, way over 2000 in fact. There are an awful lot of Scottish clans to start with and on top of this each clan can have many different tartans and names associated with it.

  • Cariston
  • Dyce
  • Hallyard
  • Carnie

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Skene Tartans

2 variations

Each tartan can have multiple variations, the most common of which are Ancient, Modern, Weathered, Hunting and Dress

About tartan variations

  • Ancient
  • Modern
  • Weathered
  • Hunting
  • Dress

Ancient Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans, mossy greens and sky blues, a more orangey red and some would say showing off the pattern to much greater effect as as the contrasts are much brighter than the Modern tartans. The pattern or sett remains the same across all variations of a single tartan, and only the shades or tones vary.

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Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

Modern Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans. Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

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The Modern tartans are often the more subtle combinations such as the classic Black Watch Modern

Weathered Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer, more earthy colours typical of the Weathered tartans, reminiscent of bolder colours subjected to wind, rain and sunshine producing beautiful faded tones, olive greens and browns, and very light blues with reds that are more pink than red.

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Some mills refer to the Weathered tartans as Muted.

Hunting Tartan

The Hunting Tartans are the camouflage tartans and some clans don't have these variations because they are already predominantly green or brown and don't need amendment to blend in with nature's colours. The Black Watch or Gunn tartans are examples of these, whereas a tartan such as the Fraser is predominantly red and would not provide much cover for men out hunting.

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One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

Dress Tartan

The Dress Tartans were designed as the name suggests for celebrations and highland dance. The sett or pattern of the tartan remains the same and the main colour is changed to white, or extra white is added to the pattern to give it a brighter, more "fancy" appearance. The Scots do like to bend the rules and occasionally instead of white thread, yellow is used and this is where the rather wild MacLeod Dress Modern and Barclay Dress Modern came from.

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One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

Clan Origin Primary Image Skene

Desde el principio

Skene Clan Historia y Orígenes

Clan Origin History Image Skene

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Cómo empezó todo

Territories

Aberdeenshire

Clan Chief

The current chief is Dugald Skene of Skene

Que hay en el nombre Skene?

After slaying a wolf with his sgian or skene the first bearer of this name was rewarded with the lands of Skene, which caused him to start using the name.

Clan Origin Location Image Skene 190930 092703

Skene House

Skene Castle was first built in 1217 just outside of Aberdeen. However, the name changed to Skene House in 1680 after renovations were carried out, that increased the size of the building greatly changed the aesthetics. The house is no longer owned by Skenes, and is privately owned by Dr Nicolas Rennie.

DS Architecture

The Chief of Clan Skene, Dugald Skene of Skene, studied Building Design Engineering with Architecture at University in Glasgow and now has his own Architecture Practice named DS Architecture.

Clan Motto: Virtutis Regia Merces (A Palace the reward of Bravery)


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