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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Lucinda Cameron

UNBELIEVABLE: Exceptional tartan archive gifted to the nation - The Untold Story

An archive of tartan samples has been donated to National Museums Scotland (Duncan McGlynn/PA) -

An “exceptional” archive of almost 800 historic tartan samples has been gifted to the nation.

The textiles, some more than 200 years old, were produced by J&D Paton, one of the largest tartan manufacturers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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