Waverley Tartan Cloth Commonplace Notebooks – serie

Hardback large Waverley Notebook with 192 pages Size 21 x 13cm. Paper is FSC and the boards are FSC. Paper is 80 gsm cream paper with plain paper on the left hand side, and lined on the right hand side. The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Tartan was chosen and approved by Her Majesty The Queen and commemorates the 70 years of her reign and was designed by Kinloch Anderson, who have been tailors and Kiltmakers to the Royal Family since 1903. Sales of the product using the tartan will benefit the RWHA Charity Fund. The 'sett' or pattern is based on the King George VI (Green Stewart) and reflects the historical connection with the Stewart tartans. The seven colours in the tartan represent the seven decades of Her Majesty's reign. Platinum grey, the green and black of the King George VI tartan, red, white and blue for the United Kingdom, and gold to represent the Crown. Commonplace notebooks date back to the Scottish Enlightenment, and were used to collect notes and knowledge by philosophers and writers such as Adam Smith, Robert Burns, David Hume, and later, writers such as Sir Walter Scott, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Virginia Woolf.

This Waverley Anderson Tartan cloth notebook is in mini size with penMaterials used in manufacture Paper materials: FSC 80gsm cream Endpapers are 170 gsm and 180gsm FSC creamBellyband/wrapper: FSC 128gsmBoard: 100% grey coloured thick boardEach mini notebook is bound in genuine British cloth with elastic closure, ribbon marker, eight perforated end leaves and expandable inner note holder. Each includes a black retractable pen. This notebook has the left hand side blank, and the right hand side lined. Notebook comes in biodegradable film bag. Film is made from resin derived from corn or other starch/sugar processes. Waverley Scotland Tartan Commonplace Notebooks: 80 styles across 40 clans and 20 themed tartans. The tartan is made with cloth woven in mills in the United Kingdom. The tartan cloth is supplied with the authority of KINLOCH ANDERSON, holders of Royal Warrants of Appointment. Anderson tartan:The Anderson tartan cloth associated with the family name or clan Anderson and MacAndrew in Scotland are connected to St Andrew.The name is widespread. The motto of the Clan Anderson is 'Stand Sure' and the crest includes an oak tree. The name is found across Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands, and its form originates from Norse Vikings. The name MacAndrew meaning son of Andrew, is more common in the Highlands, and Anderson is the more common form in the Lowlands.