MACFARLANE [BLACK WHITE] (ANCIENT) GENERAL The structure of the MacNab

The structure of the MacNab is identical with that of the Black Watch

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

Notes relating to the portrait of Murdoch MacNeil painted by Macleay in 1868 refer to 'the newly designed MacNeill of Colonsay tartan

Of the nine independent branches of the Clan Donald

The sett is similar to Stewart of Athol

MACFARLANE [BLACK WHITE] (ANCIENT) GENERAL The structure of the MacNabThis tartan is unnamed in the Highland Society of London Collection (original has a much smaller sett). A sample in the Inverness Museum and also in the MacGregor Hastie Collection is labelled Wallace Dress. It's also known as the Lendrum or Black and White MacFarlane.