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Tartan Details - Duchess of Fife

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Duchess of Fife" tartan is shown below. 

STA ref: 781
STWR ref: 781
Designer: Not Specified
Tartan date: 01/01/1880
Registration date: This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category: Fashion
Restrictions:
Registration notes: Despite the claim, this does not appear in Clans Originaux. Variation of Duke of Fife. Woven in green instead of customary blue-green. It has been accepted as fact for very many years that J Claude's 1880 'Clans Originaux' contained many Irish tartans. In 2003 the Tartans Authority obtained photo copies of the contents pages of the only copy known to exist and they revealed that of the 185 tartans shown, not one of them was Irish. This 'fiction' has been absorbed into tartan history unfortunately and it will take many years to eradicate.. The only copy known to exist is owned by Pendleton Mills of Portland, Oregon
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Where tartans were recorded before the establishment of the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) on 5 February 2009, the original Scottish Tartans Authority (STA) and the Scottish Tartans World Register (STWR) reference numbers have been retained. The new SRT reference number can be found in the address box on your browser (url).

The registration criteria now applied by the Register conforms to the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008. These criteria are different to those previously applied by either the STA or the STWR. You may wish to refer to the STA website for further information on the original recording of this tartan.
 
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