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The Scottish Register of Tartans Certificate of Registration - The Union Club of British Columbia TartanEntry/Object ID
2022.04.05Scope and Content
Certificate
This printed Scottish Register of Tartans Certificate of Registration is for the Union Club tartan with thread count and colour details including tartan sample. The document is printed with an embossed red paper seal and is signed and dated March 11, 2016.
The Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) is Scotland's official register established for the recording and registration of tartan designs, opened in 2009. The SRT is headquartered in Edinburgh and is a division of the National Records of Scotland, formerly the National Archives of Scotland.Context
The Scottish Register of Tartans provides the following summary definition of tartan:
Tartan (the design) is a pattern that comprises two or more different solid-coloured stripes that can be of similar but are usually of differing proportions that repeat in a defined sequence. The sequence of the warp colours (long-ways threads) is repeated in same order and size in the weft (cross-ways threads). The majority of such patterns (or setts) are symmetrical, i.e. the pattern repeats in the same colour order and proportions in every direction from the two pivot points. In the less common asymmetric patterns, the colour sequence repeats in blocks as opposed to around alternating pivots but the size and colour sequence of warp and weft remain the same.
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Extract from The Scottish Register of Tartans for The Union Club of British Columbia:
Reference: 11481
Designer: Mackie, C S T
Tartan date: 23/02/2016
Registration date: 11 March 2016
Category: Corporate
Restrictions: Yes. For the exclusive use of club members, or otherwise used for club merchandise, or in the premises of the club.
Registration notes: Inspired by the British Columbia district tartan, this tartan was designed by Christopher Mackie for the Union Club of British Columbia. The grey and blue in this design are the 'undress' livery colours of the club, and the latter colour also signifies the harbour of the City of Victoria (over which the clubhouse commands a view). Yellow is for the golden sun and maple leaves in the club's Canadian arms, and the coronet in its crest. The coronet also bears Pacific Dogwood flowers (the official flower of the province) and is represented by white in the tartan.
Registrant details: Mr Christopher Mackie, c/o Union Club of B.C. 805 Gordon St., Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1Z6
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Founded in 1879, the Union Club is a landmark institution in the heart of downtown Victoria., B.C., whose members represent a legacy of leadership and who have been at the heart of the business, social and cultural life of Victoria and beyond from its early beginnings. The current Union Club building (third venue) was recognized as nationally significant in 1995 by the joint federal, provincial and territorial administered registry, Canada’s Historic Places. And in 2017, The Union Club of British Columbia was declared a National Historic Site by the Government of Canada. The Union Club, completed in 1913, earned the prestigious status for its important early history and outstanding architecture of Beaux-Arts Italian Renaissance Revival Style.Acquisition
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