Except buffalo check isn’t an American design. It’s a many-centuries-old Scottish pattern originally called Rob Roy MacGregor Tartan. The pattern emigrated from Scotland to North America by way of Big Jock MacCluskey, a Scottish Highlander who traded woven tartan blankets for buffalo pelts in the Dakotas before settling in Connecticut.
Although still made in its authentic red and black, buffalo check has expanded from use in blankets and kilts to drapery, upholstery and more, and comes in all sorts of colors.
With its signature large-size blocks, buffalo check is made of two or three colors. Nowadays one of the colors usually is white. Buffalo check fabric is similar to gingham and differs only in scale. Buffalo checks range from about 1½ to 6 inches in size, while gingham checks are ⅛ to ¼ inch.
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