MacNab Ancient | 13 - 16 oz. Wool

Mill: Loch
Weight: 16 oz.
Clan Motto: Timor Omnis Abesto (Let fear be far from all)
Known Septs Include: ABBOT, ABBOTSON, ABBOTT, CLELAND, CLELLAND, DEWAR, GILFILLAN, GILLAN, GILLAND, GILLILAND, MACCLELLAND, MACCLELLAND, MACLELLAN, MACNABB, MACNAIR, MCCLELLAND, MCCLELLAND, MCLELLAN, MCNAB, MCNABB, MCNAIR
Notes:
Said to be in the Highland Society of London Collection. The structure of the MacNab is identical with that of the Black Watch; but, by a translation of colours, the most subdued of tartans becomes one of the most striking. D.C.Stewart suggests looking at the pattern through a green filter to see the effect. James Logan recorded this pattern in his book, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831, despite receiving a different sett from the largest weaving company of the time, William Wilson and Company, Bannockburn. Wilson's MacNab survives as an alternative tartan for the clan. The Baronage of Angus & Mearns (1856) also documents this tartan on P227 as MacNab of Arthurston with slightly different proportions.