BURNS CHECK Choose:By the metre and this provides a tenuous

and this provides a tenuous connection which might explain the origin of the design

hand-pleated skirt is crafted in the most traditional way

a romantic history of Scottish dress produced in 1842 by the Sobieski brothers

Named after Sir Ralph Abercrombie and produced by Wilsons about the end of the 18th Century

BURNS CHECK Choose:By the metre and this provides a tenuousAlmost 50 years ago the late Baron Marchand of Messrs George Harrison & Co. of Edinburgh explained to E. S. Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin, how the Burns Check came about. He related that he had been approached by a friend from 'The Scotsman' newspaper with the suggestion that he create a Robert Burns tartan. The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell a clan with which the Burns family were connected but after much discussion it was decided