London CNN —Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of history.
Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the Highlands during forestry work and donated to the Scottish Tartans Authority in the 1980s, dated back to around 1500-1600.
The "Glen Affric" tartan dates from 1500-1600.
Alan Richardson/House of Edgar/V&A/PAThis, they said, makes it the oldest “true tartan” specimen in Scotland.
Now, the pattern has been recreated for the modern wardrobe by tartan fabric creator and weaver House of Edgar.
Persons:
Alan Richardson, Edgar, Peter Eslea MacDonald, ” MacDonald, ”, Emma Wilkinson
Organizations:
London CNN —, Scottish Tartans Authority, CNN
Locations:
Highlands, Scotland