The Grant 1714 is considered one of the oldest tartans in Scotland. It is one of less than 100 recorded patterns which predate 1815, when the clan tartan system was formalised by the Victorians.

The Sobieski Stuart brothers’ book, Vestiarium Scoticum, depicting clan tartans and how to wear them, was a 19th-century bestseller that saw them lauded by the great and the good of the day ...