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Contains "A Child Angel - an essay by Charles Lamb" and "From a Christmas Sermon - by Robert Louis Stevenson" reproduced in handwritten calligraphy.

Contains 20 fabric samples in 13 different geometric and floral designs. Named designs include: 'Rum', 'Kildare', 'Plane leaf', 'Cobra', 'Palamos'. Some designs were done for Elisabeth Eaton Ltd.

Includes:

• tudent notebooks
• heraldry notes
• thesis
• design samples
• needlework samples and school certificates.

Contains a collection of magazine clippings.

Includes:

• 'A Scottish textile designer', an article on Robert Stewart
• Architect's Journal; May 21 1953

Includes:

• one colour photograph of a Tuar Fabrics display
• 2 black & white photographs of unidentified people with aprons.

One item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation was completed in 2019.

Folder containing one programme for "A centenary exhibition to celebrate the founding of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1882".

Contains a collection of textile designs by Sylvia Chalmers. Includes designs for tablemats, tea cosies, kerchiefs, quilts, herb bags, cushions, dressprints and aprons.

Named designs include:

• 'Califonia' [sic]
• 'Niaomi'
• 'Pink cyclamen'
• 'Eglington'
• 'Penang'
• 'Tulip tops'
• 'Hellzapoppin'

Also includes:

• oledon & solesol wat dyes colour chart
• pamphlet on Japanese stencil-dyed paper placemats
• 'Pictorial embroidery by former students of the GSA' poster
• 'GSA exhibition of embroidery & weaving' poster
• 'Fern' wallpaper
• 'Proposed CRM design for new reception room and dining room curtains and panels at Wm teacher's offices, St Enoch's Sq, Glasgow'

Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. The items in question have been assessed by a conservator. Some paper conservation was completed in 2019, but unfortunately in some cases no remedial work is possible.

Includes:

• a collection of aprons
• a collection of tote bags
• a collection of placemats
• a collection of tea towels
• a collection of kerchiefs
• a collection of curtains
• a banner
• a tablecloth, a collection of handkerchiefs, and a cushion cover.

Includes:

• 1 folder of christmas cards
• 1 sketchbook
• 1 folder of pencil sketches.