Scottish Clans
Kerr Tartans & Clan
Bienvenu à la page d'accueil du tartan écossais Kerr. Orange rouge, vert et noir sont les couleurs dominantes de ce tartan écossais.
Produits disponible en tartan Kerr sont de tissu ecossais, coussin ecossais ainsi que couverture. En département accessoire vetement on fabrique de pantalon ecossais pour homme, costume et gilet, en plus de mini kilt femme, jupe ecossais et manteau, en plus d’écharpe, cravatte et meme des bottines et escarpin ecossais. La liste de disponibilité se trouve ci-dessous. On fabrique aussi beaucoup plus d’articles sur commande. Si vous ne le trouvez pas demandez-nous et on peut normalement le fabriquer!
Qui port le Kerr tartan? - Noms associés
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.
- Carr
- Carre
- Cessford
- Ker
KerrTartans
11variationsLes 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
- 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.
Quelques constats
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.
Quelques constats
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.
Dès le début
Kerr Clan Histoire & Origines
Découvrir l'histoire de Clan Kerr
L'Écosse ne manque pas d'histoires à raconter
Territories
Le Clan Kerr vient de la tres belle région de Roxburghshire dans les Scottish Borders, au sud d'écosse.
Clan Chief
L'actual chef est Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess de Lothian
D'où vient le nom Kerr?
Le nom Kerr est issu de Norse Kjrr qui veut dire habitant des marécages, des marais.
Le Château Ferniehirst
Le Château Ferniehirst est construit en 1470 et fut le siège historique du clan Kerr. Le château se trouve dans la region Scottish Borders que quelques kilometres de la petite ville de Jedburgh. Il a été construite par la famille Kerr. La famille Kerr a habité à Ferniehirst jusqu'au 1523 quand les anglais ont essayé l'attaque au château et se sont servi. La famille Kerr a effectivement aménagé le chateâu en 1549 avec l'aide des francais, mais les anglais ont essayé l'attaque encore une fois en 1570 et s'installe au château à nouveau. Le Chateaux est démolie en 1593 sous le commandement de Roi James VI comme châtiment pour les crimes contre la couronne, cependant il etait construit de nouveau en 1598 par Sir Andrew Kerr. La famille Kerr a y habité jusqu'au 17ieme et 18ieme siecles quand le château tomba en ruines. Inoccupé jusqu'au 20ieme siecle le chateau fut à nouveau restauré en 1986 et ouvert au public. Venez rendre visite a Ferniehirst quand vous etes en vacances!
"The deadliest foes"
James Hogg a ecrit: "But the Kerrs were aye the deadliest foes,That e’er to Englishmen were known,For they were all bred left handed men, And fence[defence] against them there was none."
Clan Motto: Sero Sed Serio (Late But in Earnest)
