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Papers and textiles of Sylvia Chalmers Folder
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Curtains

DC 068/7/6/1-2: Set of curtains designed by Sylvia Chalmers done in 'Escape I' the Sun' design which features a man in a red hammock and a woman on a swing.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Design samples

Contains 18 design samples done in geometric patterns and various colours. Notebook is inscribed "Sylvia M Chalmers, Form I, Glasgow School of Art".

Chalmers, Sylvia

Needlework samples

Contains 7 needlework samples:

  • "Pulled Thread Stitches"
  • "Cross Stitch"
  • "Back Stitch"
  • "Buttonhole Stitch"
  • "Chain Stitch"
  • "Herringbone Stitch"
  • "Rumanian Stitch".

Chalmers, Sylvia

Pencil sketches

Contains a collection of pencil sketches by Sylvia Chalmers.

Includes:

  • 3 pencil sketches of harness for a horse. Inscribed "Lonsdale of Watney's Brewery, (28 years old), 24 Aug 1953.
  • one pencil sketch of an un-named village, n.d.
  • one pencil sketch of 'Queen Mary Scots house, Gedburgh', n.d.

Chalmers, Sylvia

School Certificates

Contains various school certificates and diplomas earned by Sylvia Chalmers.

Includes:

  • 3rd Year certificate from the Park School, Glasgow; 1943-44
  • enior Leaving certificate from the Park School, Glasgow awarded by the Scottish Education Department, 1946
  • 'Furnishing' carpet design diploma, 1954
  • Glasgow School of Art diploma in Design and Decorative Art: Textile, 8 June 1950
  • The Society of Industrial Artists diploma, 1958

Chalmers, Sylvia

Sketchbook

Contains pencil sketches of various flora and fauna; designs for Christmas cards, cushions and aprons. Also includes some designs drawn on tracing paper.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Student notebooks

Contains notebooks from Sylvia Chalmer's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art:

Includes notebooks for:

  • "General Knowledge"
  • "History and Methods"
  • "Methods"
  • "History of Styles"
  • "Architecture"
  • "Miss Meek's Design Notes".

Notebooks include handwritten notes; illustrations clipped from magazines and newspapers; postcards; and hand-drawn pencil, ink & watercolour sketches and diagrams.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Thesis

Thesis answering the question: "Flowers and plants have always been considered most admirable for textile design in this country. Do you agree with this statement and do you feel in view of our native tradition that it would be advisable to carry on that tradition into modern design or would other subjects be more satisfactory?"

Includes black & white and colour illustrations clipped from magazines and newspapers, postcards, pencil sketches and hand-drawn illustrations done in ink.

Chalmers, Sylvia