Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

DC 020/1
Item
c1914

A fabric trimming from a cushion cover, embroidered before the First World War. The cover has pink roses and green foliage embroidered on authentic 'Mackintosh' mauve linen fabric.It is possible that both design and fabric were purchased from Brown and Beveridge, Bath Street, Glasgow.

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Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric

DC 020/3A
Item
c1900-1986

Part of Examples of Mackintosh Fabric

Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric. It is possible that both design and fabric were purchased from Brown and Beveridge, Bath Street, Glasgow.

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Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric

DC 020/3C
Item
c1900-1986

Part of Examples of Mackintosh Fabric

Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric. It is possible that both design and fabric were purchased from Brown and Beveridge, Bath Street, Glasgow.

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Sample of purple fabric used to re-upholster Charles Rennie Mackintosh yellow settle

DC 020/4
Item
1917

Part of Examples of Mackintosh Fabric

Sample of replacement fabric for Dugout settle.

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Embroidered Sample, 'Tree Garden'

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler worked on loosely woven cream cotton and wool material. Abstract garden design with large loose straight stitches in variety of yarn types. Shades of green, brown, cream and orange.

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Embroidered Piece 'Fishwife'

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Picture of female figure in blue dress wearing red scarf and carrying bowl on head. Embroidered in tapestry wool of various colours. Attached paper label "fish wife", Kath Whyte student piece.

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Pale blue sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Pale blue sampler with grey metallic thread and chenille. Buttonhole stitch and couching.

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Colourful wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Colourful satin stitch wool sampler on open weave canvas, with square design.

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Sampler in cream and grey

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler on open weave canvas with rows of straight stitch in cream and grey metallic thread

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Sampler with star

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler with satin stitched star, cotton on canvas.

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Sampler with eye shaped design

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Black and white eye-shaped design in satin stitch.

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Yellow and pink sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Plain weave yellow sampler with pink and mustard interlacing stitches in wool.

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Grey linen sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Grey linen sampler with two rows of sequins and metallic thread embroidery.

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Knot stitched sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cotton on canvas knot stitched sampler.

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Colourful satin stitch sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Colourful satin stitch wool sampler, square design.

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Long sampler with triangles

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Long linen sample with seven plastic triangles and fabric collage with stitching.

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Cream and yellow striped sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cream and yellow striped sampler with cotton and rayon embroidery.

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Camel hair sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Romanian stitch with camel hair sampler.

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Early Canvas Work Seat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Canvas padded and attached to wooden frame. Design of squares containing stylised flowers. Yellow, red, blue and grey with navy edging.

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Embroidered sampler on woven raffia background

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cream raffia plain woven fabric embroidered with coarse linen thread in grey, beige and cream. Stored with KW22 and KW23 in binder.

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Cream cotton sampler, collage effect with beads

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

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Textile sample

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of fourteen textile samples which have been housed together in a pink paper folder.

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Pink paper folder and samples

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of fourteen textile samples which have been housed together in a pink paper folder.

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Big Fat Sampler, large wall hanging with square design

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Bold style sampler in coarse yarn, on yellow fabric, backing of beige linen. Various patterns of stitched squares in yellow, orange, green, and white. 4 macrame hooks at top edge with wooden hanging pole.

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

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Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

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Woven Yellow Cushion

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

5 zigzag stripes across front on coarse fabric in shades of yellow, orange and grey.

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Brown weave length

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

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Brown binca sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler on brown binca backing with a variety of yellow, orange, brown and black stitches including couching, herringbone and chain stitch.

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Beige binca metallic sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Beige binca with metallic silver and bronze stitching and gold wool.

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White wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

White woollen background with turquoise, purple and red wool and silk embroidery.

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Tapestry sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Open weave tapestry backing with woollen knotted stitching in browns and thick gold metallic thread.

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Beige wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Beige woollen backing with grey, pink and white stitches.

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Metallic embroidery

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Embroidered abstract picture on metallic blue and green stripes with blue and green stitching.

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Raffia and plastic mat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Mat made from raffia and plastic with blue threads.

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Linen Table Runner

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Gold coloured embroidered rectangular runner with pulled thread work in centre and delicate embroidery in cream thread. 8 small bows at each short edge and stem stitch along both sides.

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Cream wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cream wool background with grey, green, pink, orange and yellow wool stitches.

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