Plate No. 034pattern
Charcoal & Ecru
Brown & Cream
Navy & Chalk
First documented
c. 1840
Origin
Glen Urquhart, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fiber
wool
Weave
2/2 twill, banded color orders
Family
checks

Plate No. 034 · pattern

Glen Plaid

Glen plaid, or the Glenurquhart check, is a woven check that alternates bands of small two-and-two and larger four-and-four color orders on a twill ground, producing its signature interplay of fine houndstooth-like texture and bold crossing squares. It began as a Highland estate check in the 1840s and was made famous by Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, whose name still attaches to the version overlaid with a colored windowpane. It remains the most architectural of the classic suiting patterns.

Named for

Named for Glen Urquhart in the Scottish Highlands, where the estate check was first woven for the Countess of Seafield's keepers.

In the record

  • 1930sEdward, Prince of Wales, wore the Glenurquhart check so often that the overchecked version took his title.

Often confused with

From the journal

Sources & References

  1. 1.Glen plaid, Wikipedia
  2. 2.Edward VIII, Wikipedia

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