Bienvenu à la page d'accueil du tartan ecossais Baird. Bleu, vert et rose sont les couleurs dominantes de ce tartan écossais.
L'un des premiers témoignages historiques sur la famille Baird family est de Henry de Barde, qui en 1178 a assisté la charte des terres à Stirling attribué à l'évêque de Glasgow par William le Lion.
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.
Les couleurs d'un tartan peuvent être rendues suivant des nuances variées, ce qui conduit à des variations possibles dans le rendu d'un même tartan. qualifiées de ancien, modernes, weathered, hunting et dress.
Pour expliquer les variations de 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.
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.
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.
The Modern tartans are often the more subtle combinations such as the classic Black Watch Modern
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.
Some mills refer to the Weathered tartans as Muted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Les premiers Bards et Bardes se trouvaient dans les regions de Ayrshire, Lanarkshire et Peebleshire. Les Bards et Bairds se trouvaient aussi dans les régions de Aberdeenshire, Perthshire et les Lothians. La lignée de chef de clan Baird a commencé avec les Andro Bard qui a tenu les terres de Fifeshire avant d'acquérir la domaine de Auchemedden sur le côte nord d'Aberdeenshire, entre Fraserburgh et Banff. L'un des premiers témoignages historiques sur la famille Baird est de Henry de Barde, qui en 1178 a assisté la charte des terres à Stirling attribué à l'évêque de Glasgow par William le Lion.
Le Clan Baird n'a pas de chef reconnu par le droit écossais et le Lord Lyon.
Le nom Baird est issu du gaelique bàrd qui signifie poete ou ménestrel. L'un des premiers témoignages historiques sur la famille Baird est en douzieme siècle, et le nom était écrit Bard ou Barde.
Le Crest de Clan Baird Clan Crest represente la tête de gryphon. Le griffon a le corps, le queue et les jambes de lion, et la tête et les ailes d'aigle.
Le cri de guerre de Clan Baird est "Baird to the vanguard!" en l'honneur de Lt.-Col, Sir James Baird, le 6ieme de Saughtonhall qui a servi dans l'armée.
Clan Motto: Dominus Fecit (The Lord made).