This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Composition of embroidered fruit and flowers (as triptych). In original frame. Design made for Longcroft, Helensburgh.

White cotton table cover with applique. Poor quality design and technique, possibly made at the Saturday morning classes.

14 textile items, thought to have been designed as part of Grace Melvin's diploma show c1918.

This collection comprises recorded interviews with the following former Glasgow School of Art staff and students:

• OH/1 Ellen Cunningham (née Timney), Embroidery and Weaving student, 1960-1964
• OH/2 Margaret Ferguson (née Dunn), Embroidery and Weaving student, 1946-1950
• OH/3 Meg Pollok (née Clark), Embroidery and Weaving student, 1946-1951
• OH/4 Margaret Grant (née Taylor), Interior Design student, 1946-1950 and member of staff, c1953-1979
• OH/5 Malcolm Lochhead, Embroidery and Weaving student, 1966-1970
• OH/6 Dugald Cameron, Industrial Design student, 1947-1962, member of staff, 1962-1999, and Director 1991-1999
• OH/7 Conrad McKenna, Commercial Art student, 1939-1942 and 1946-1948, and member of staff,1950-1984
• OH/8 Eirene Hunter (née Paton), Printed Textiles student c1952-53.

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

White linen with applique leaf shapes. Possibly made by one of Ann Macbeth's students.

The collection consists of the surviving papers of the Needlework Development Scheme and over 100 examples of needlework. Of these examples, 28 are from Great Britain and 54 are examples of non-British work including examples from Greece, India, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Bosnia. Items include ecclesiatical, domestic, costume, clothing and modern embroideries, tea cosies, funeral pall, clothing, lace work, wall hangings, samplers, linen work and cushion covers.

The surviving papers include a complete inventory of 1012 items that were part of the Needlework Development Scheme prior to its dispersal in 1961. This provides information on the original numbering scheme used for the needlework examples and also provides information on the provenance of each item, although this is not necessarily the creator of the item but the person from whom the item was received, as well as a description of the item itself. There is an inventory of the parts of the collection received by the Glasgow School of Art, insurance details concerning the collection and the correspondence of the Needlework Development Scheme, 1931-1941.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

Textile work by Glasgow School of Art students and staff, including examples of woven textiles, some of which are most likely to be submissions for degree shows, while others seem to be submissions for an RSA Bursary Competition. Some creators are known, others are yet to be identified.

Blue fabric with geometric design embroidery detail, and pink, gold and black threadwork.

Very small cream bonnet with 2 straight edges. Tape lace swirls and flowers with both tape and needlepoint petals.

German. Worked in white on blue silk. Showing calf lying in field of flowers. By Suse Sardeman-Bermuth, Berlin. Used to be framed.

Danish. Traditional work on natural linen incorporating drawn thread work and embroidery in satin-stitch. Relies for its effect on the changes of texture of the embroidery . Design based on stylised flower and plant forms.

From Berlin, Germany. Worked in white on rust silk. Charming drawing of foal. Used to be framed.

Greek. Embroidered in coloured silks and metal thread. Symmetrical floral design with stylised roses and carnations etc.

Greek. On coarse linen embroidered in cross-stitch in grey and pink thick cotton yarn. Stylised repeating leaf motif.

German. On white silk with woven spot design. Embroidered with silk, black cotton and metal threads in cross, four-sided, running, back, fly, satin stitches, couching and French knots. Shades of brown and oragne with naive figures and sacred emblems. The stylised figures and text are similar to those on the Hungertuch (Hunger cloth) Lenten cloth also made by the Munster school in the late 1920s. This was inspired by the 1623 Hungertuch Lenten hangings in Telgte, near Munster.

Portuguese. Part of peasant costume. Closely woven in red wool on white warp. Geometric design in bright colours in loom embroidery - extra weft pulled up in loops on the surface Yellow braid waistband, and pink braid edges.

Greek Islands, possibly Chios. Part of a coarse linen sleeve with formalised tree designs embroidered with horsehair, dyed in shades of rust green and blue.

Yugoslavian. Sleeveless dress with side seams and hem decorated with red, blue and black embroidery. Tasselled braid belt. From Bosnia. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.

British formal flower motif outlined in chain-stitched metal thread, on linen. Blackwork fillings in silk in several patterns have become worn in places. The motif has been cut out of background and mounted on modern linen. About half the metal thread embroidery is modern restoration. Shows influence of formal Sanish design. Much of the outline is restoration and has been remounted. This work may have been carried out in J&P Coats studio. Another identical and two related motifs, donated to the NDS by John Jacoby are in the Embroiderers' Guild Collection (EG 206). Originally they may have been part of a cover for a long cushion.

Turkish. Decorated at each end with formalised repeating tree design in green and yellow silks and metal threads, on fine cotton.

Swedish. Cloth made for festival decoration. Embroidery in white wool on red cotton. Border design based on snowflakes.

Turkish. Handwoven striped silk towel. Border of repeating flower motifs at each end in silk and metal threads. Tasselled fringe.

British. Scallop-edged cream taffeta apron. Silk and metal threads. Symmetrical floral design incorporating metal thread areas padded with cord. Extensive use of pearl and sequins. Framed.

English. Fine white corded silk waistcoat with floral border incorporating the rose, thistle and shamrock. Pockets have embroidered flaps. Part of the spotted background has been unpicked. Shows influence of Chinese embroideries. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.