Key Information
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Gilmour, Margaret
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1863-1942
History
Margaret Gilmour was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a local businessman. She attended the GSA from 1878 to 1880 and is often referred to in parallel with her sister Mary, who also attended at Glasgow and following that, art school in London. Together with a third sister, in 1893, they established The Gilmour Studio at 179 West George Street. This ‘Sister Studio’ was a very successful business which operated for about 50 years. They won local commissions, produced items for sale and taught a range of crafts including repoussé metalwork, enamelling, leatherwork, embroidery, painting, ceramic painting and wood carving. Margaret’s output appears to have been prolific, predominantly in metalware of a high quality, in brass, white metal and sometimes copper.
The Gilmour Studio produced an enormous range of decorative metalware for the home including wall plaques, jardinières, clock faces, candle sconces, trays, mirrors, lamps, desk and dressing table sets. Glasgow Style motifs were generally used in their designs as were Celtic entrelacs, sometimes with enamel roundels. Margaret exhibited at the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901. Very little information or research on her is available.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subjects
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Maintained by
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Processing information
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
- GSA Records
- www.theglasgowstyle.co.uk