London-based design studio Plaid has designed V&A Dundee’s new exhibition Tartan, composing a spatial plan influenced by tartan grid patterns. It is the first major exhibition in Scotland in 30 years ...

V&A Dundee’s Tartan exhibition celebrates the iconic fabric in its many guises, from powerful symbol of royal power to punk non-conformity, writes Duncan Macmillan ...

According to Town & Country, King George V — the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II — attempted to make it illegal to wear the tartan without the monarch’s permission. However, the plaid was ...

Taking place at the V&A Dundee in Scotland, Tartan aims to celebrate the pattern and the many ways it has been used and interpreted. "Our aim is to take a radical new look at a globally recognised ...

Possibly the earliest existing scrap of tartan known today is a 16th-century piece found in a bog in Glen Affric, Scotland, which the V&A Dundee studied before the exhibition. The Scottish Tartans ...

“Oldest”, “rarest”, “most celebrated” … these adjectives are intentionally avoided in the major new exhibition, Tartan, at the V&A Dundee. It is ironic, therefore, that myself and the other curators ...

What is believed to be the oldest tartan in Scotland will be put on display at the V&A Dundee this April after scientists discovered that it dates back as far as 1500 AD.

Highland women wore a plaid shawl, or earasaid. In 1538, James V ordered a tartan hunting outfit, and the English poet John Taylor described the colourful spectacle of the Earl of Mar’s guests on his ...

“Oldest”,“rarest”,“most celebrated” ... these adjectives are intentionally avoided in the major new exhibition, tartan , at the V&A Dundee. It is ir Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

Curator Mhairi Maxwell has selected five key items from the V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition, which aims to "take a radical new look" at the pattern.