ERSKINE (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'E' "The exact origins are unknown

"The exact origins are unknown

Johnston but this tartan was first documented in Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842

It was therefore called 'Kidd' in Wilson's pattern book

who added a yellow line

ERSKINE (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'E' "The exact origins are unknownThe Erskine clan or family originated in Renfrewshire. The first published version of the tartan appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum, a romantic history of Scottish dress produced in 1842 by the Sobieski brothers. Cunningham tartan, published in the same work, differs only in the addition of a white stripe between the narrow green lines. Cunningham was one of the names adopted by the MacGregors, and this provides a tenuous connection which might