MAXWELL (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre This is the correct version

This is the correct version of the asymmetrical Malcolm as shown by the woven sample in W and A Smith's 1850 publication 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

he refused to alter what had been registered in Lyon Court Books and remarked that the Morrisons would just have to accept it

Logan used this sett to illustrate his method of recording tartans in his book

Donald Ban

MAXWELL (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre This is the correct versionScottish Tartan Society notes: Tartans of the Lowland families were not named until the publication the 'Vestiarium Scoticum' in 1842. The authors, the Sobieski Stuart brothers, enjoyed a popular following amongst the Scottish gentry in the early Victorian era, and in the spirit of the times, added mystery, romance and some spurious historical documentation to the subject of tartans. The Maxwells have, nevertheless, a tartan of at least 150 years