MACDONALD DRESS (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre The Napiers are said to

The Napiers are said to descend from the Lennox family and it's claimed that the name originated with a comment from King Alexander III (1241 - 1286) after a battle in which the great bravery of a young Lennox turned defeat into victory: "You have all done valiantly

From the 1750 portrait of the MacDonald Boys by Jeramiah in Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye

'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' (1886) says

D C Dalgliesh also exhibits this sett as "Drennan"

the gold which appears in early autumn

MACDONALD DRESS (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre The Napiers are said toIn 1815, members of the Highland Society of London resolved to request each of the Highland chiefs to provide a sample of their clan tartan. The swatches were to be signed and sealed in the chief's own hand. This sett is one of those delivered to the Society between 1815 and 1822.