Small blue card folder with the hand-written label Patchwork. It contains a handwritten explanation of the technique and materials, the pattern design with different shapes in white paper glued into the folder, and the worked textile in patterned fabric with blue, green, red, black and white.
Framed display of pink and black embroidery with beading, with engraved title "Samples and Examples by Anne Knox Arthur, The Glasgow School of Art". Includes label "Embroidery C_Black and Pink" and instruction on back of frame. Due to information in archival documentation, display case can be dated pre-1943.
Print on photographic paper containing two images of student work. Left: close-up of sample of embroidered cloth depicting a woman bent to water a plant in blue, green and cream thread, bordered with various decorative marks, shapes and images in multicolour. ‘1932’ and ‘JEAN WILSON’ are embroidered above and below the image in lilac thread. Right: image of a page of illuminated poetry (by Janet Begbie) hand-written in black ink and bordered by coloured ink illustrations relating to the poem’s themes of adventure, youth and travel at sea, in blue, green and red, as well as a decorative border in gold, blue, red and black.
Greek. Linen runner with typical bird motifs in satin-stitched coloured silks. The same silks are used to make knotted fringes. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
British. Machine embroidered in grey, pink and black on white silk background. Showing a cupid or angel dancing through flowers and leaves. By Rebecca Crompton.
Embroidered pattern with different stitches in green, blue, red and pale brown silk thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric.
Embroidered pattern with different stitches in blue and pale brown silk thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric, with a note of the stitches used.
Pattern of drawn thread work of different stitches in white thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Thread, with a note of the stitches used.
Pattern of drawn thread work of different stitches in white thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric, with a note of the stitches used.
A fold-out book, bound in red fabric, with a white cloth tie around it, embroidered with patterns in red thread. The tie is secured at the back with a red button in the design of spoked wheel and a loop of red thread. On the front cover is an embroidered label with the name 'Mary Mackie' in red thread on a white cloth.
Inside are six 'pages' each with a sample of embroidery attached:
Needlepoint depicting a small town with four buildings, roads and trees.
White needle lace (?) square with sections showing different patterns, with border.
White cloth square of counted-thread embroidery with nine different designs in red, black and orange with border.
White drawn thread work square with nine different designs, with border.
11 embroidered designs on differently coloured cloth depicting patterns and stylised plants.
Needlepoint depicting a white hart and flowers on a green background.
British. Pierced 'broderie anglaise' design of circles and flowers on lower half of sleeve and cuff. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
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.
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.
White linen and embroidery possibly made by Daisy McGlashan. The design and technique show the influence of Jessie Newbery's teaching. The table runner has the number "1911" printed on one edge in ink which could refer to the year it was made. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
This padded and lined tea cosy was made by a Miss Robertson and features an intricate butterfly and leaf design with embroidery, applique and beadwork.
British. Machine embroidered with design of horse and flowers in black, grey and pink on white silk. Back embroidered with spots. Quilted lining. By Rebecca Crompton.
Blue and white linen with applique. Stitched inscription: "A McG". Possibly a student of Ann Macbeth. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Beige paper, folded into three parts. On one side, two white paper templates sit on the far left and right, with 4 small square designs biro sit centrally. On reverse of paper, one pink sampler spanning whole sheet (folded with paper).