MALCOLM (MODERN) SOLID three black stryps upon ain

three black stryps upon ain yellow fylde

the most subdued of tartans becomes one of the most striking

There is a strong similarity in the pattern structure of the 'Appin' and the MacColl tartans

Peter MacDonald 1996)

MALCOLM (MODERN) SOLID three black stryps upon ainThis 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'. Their provenance was 'We addressed Sir John Malcolm of Balbeadie on the subject of his Tartan, and enclosed a specimen, which the worthy Baronet acknowledges to be correct.' D. C. Stewart notes in his Nomindex 'Remarkable similarity to the Double Davidson.'