Description Graphic display is a guide only, we do advise ordering a sample before placing your order. HISTORY The Brodie clan is one of the original Pictish tribes of Moray. A famous Brodie, Deacon William Brodie of Edinburgh in the 18th Century is thought to have inspired R.L Stevenson’s ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ due to his double life as upstanding councillor by day and burglar by night. Eventually hanged in 1788 by a mechanism he himself devised. The Brodie Hunting Modern tartan contains predominantly greens with a little red giving a natural and very Scottish feel. Crest: A right hand holding a bunch of arrows all, Proper. Motto: Unit Seat: Brodie Castle, Morayshire Current Chief: Alexander Brodie of Brodie Lands: Morayshire Badge: periwinkle ABOUT THE RUG Materials: All of our rugs are 80% British Wool and 20% Nylon. Woven 8 row Axminster with a heavy commercial quality.