- NMC/1542
- Item
- 1880s
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.
Robertson, Miss
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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.
Robertson, Miss
Weaving certificate of Robert C. Lockhart
Part of Records of Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee, Scotland
A weaving certificate awarded to Robert C. Lockhart by the Glasgow Technical College Weaving Branch for "excellence after two sessions".
Glasgow Technical College
Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection
Items in The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh collection include: furniture, watercolours, drawings, architectural drawings, design drawings, sketchbooks, metalwork and photographs.
Mackintosh studied evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art between 1883-1894, winning numerous student prizes and competitions including the prestigious Alexander Thomson Travelling Studentship in 1890. Mackintosh and his contemporaries also produced four volumes of a publication called "The Magazine" during their time as students, which included examples of their writing and artworks. GSA Archives and Collections hold Mackintosh's Italian Sketchbook, as well as all four volumes of The Magazine, all of which can be browsed on our catalogue.
The majority of Mackintosh's three-dimensional work was created with the help of a small number of patrons within a short period of intense activity between 1896 and 1910. Francis Newbery was headmaster of The Glasgow School of Art during this time and was supportive of Mackintosh's ultimately successful bid to design a new art school building in 1896 - his most prestigious undertaking. For Miss Kate Cranston he designed a series of Glasgow tearoom interiors and for the businessmen William Davidson and Walter Blackie, he was commissioned to design large private houses, 'Windyhill' in Kilmacolm and 'The Hill House' in Helensburgh. In Europe, the originality of Mackintosh's style was quickly appreciated and in 1900 he was invited to participate at the 8th Vienna Secession.
In 1902 Mackintosh was invited to participate at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin and later at exhibitions in Moscow and Berlin. Despite this success Mackintosh's work met with considerable indifference at home. Few private clients were sufficiently sympathetic to want his 'total design' of house and interior and he was incapable of compromise.
By 1914 Mackintosh had despaired of ever receiving true recognition in Glasgow and together with his wife Margaret Macdonald he moved, temporarily, to Walberswick on the Suffolk Coastline (in England), where he painted many fine flower studies in watercolour. In 1915 the Mackintoshes settled in London and for the next few years Mackintosh attempted to resume practice as an architect and designer. The designs he produced at this time for textiles, for the 'Dug-out' Tea Room in Glasgow and the dramatic interiors for 78 Derngate in Northampton, England show him working in a bold new style of decoration, using primary colours and geometric motifs.
In 1923 the Mackintoshes left London for the South of France, finally living in Port Vendres where Mackintosh gave up all thoughts of architecture and design and devoted himself entirely to painting landscapes. He died in London, of cancer, on 10 December 1928.
The majority of Mackintosh's design work, (including furniture and metalwork), architectural drawings, textile designs and watercolours are in the possession of three public collections - The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Museums, and the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow - although significant (individual) pieces can be found in museums across the UK and Europe, North America and Japan. However, some of Mackintosh's most important, symbolist watercolours from the early to mid-1890s are to be found in the collection of The Glasgow School of Art.
The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections hold a large number of items by Mackintosh, giving us one of the largest collections of his work held in public ownership. The collection is one of 50 Recognised Collections of National Significance to Scotland. We continue to investigate new routes of engagement for the collection. For example, our Mac(k)cessibility project in conjunction with GSA’s School of Simulation and Visualisation explores digital display and loans of our Mackintosh furniture. Find out more about the Mac(k)cessibility project here.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
This collection includes works by a number of artists, designers and architects associated with Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, his sister-in-law Frances Macdonald MacNair and his sister-in-law's husband Herbert MacNair. These works include textiles, designs, and four volumes of a Glasgow School of Art student publication called The Magazine, as well as several individual watercolours now separated from the publication. The collection also includes a number of models for proposed architectural schemes by Mackintosh.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Pictorial tapestry rug featuring a pheasant
Tapestry rug of worsted yarn and jute in acid colours featuring a pheasant in a floral landscape. Labelled "8017, 36 x 16 ins Tapestry, ID 2/2/12, 17th Nov 1888".
*Not available / given
White cotton with embroidery.
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Square cushion cover with simple wreath, trellis, Glasgow style roses and leaves, in shades of pale green, cream and pink. Includes chain, satin and cretan stiching, French knots and couching.
Not available / given
Runner embroidered with three highly stylised (Glasgow Style) flower motifs arising from three leaf motifs below.
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Design for printed hanging - flowers. Same design as NMC/115B. On mount: Design for printed hanging/ Violet McGlashan/76/Owen Jones competition.
McGlashan, Violet Meikle
Design for wall decoration - mermaids. On mount: Design for wall decoration/ Violet McGlashan/76/Owen Jones competition.
McGlashan, Violet Meikle
Textile design - velvet brocade
Design for printed hanging - flowers. On mount: V/ McGlashan/76/Monthly competition 14/3/92.
McGlashan, Violet Meikle
Embroidered hanging (Version 1)
Embroidered hanging (Version 2)
Design for embroidered pulpit-fall, 'Be Ye Doers of the word not hearers only.' The words of the design are taken from James, chapter 1, verse 22 in the New Testament. Inscribed upper right: Design for a pulpit fall/J.R. Newbery Centre: "Be Ye Doers of the world not hearers only".
Newbery, Jessie Wylie
Banner design drawn on linen with pencil before stitching. It is attached to a calico lining which is stitched to the top of the hanging. It was designed by Walter Crane and worked by his wife Mary Frances Crane. The motto on banner reads: "Qui corvus pascit pascere potest grues" (He who feeds the raven will be able to feed the crane). The design of the panel is possibly that of Thomas Crane, Walter Crane's father.
Crane, Walter
Carpet sample featuring tomato plant design (Version 1)
James Templeton & Co
Carpet sample featuring tomato plant design (Version 2)
James Templeton & Co
Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric
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.
*Not available / given
Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric (Version 2)
Part of Examples of Mackintosh Fabric
Not available / given
Miss Cranston's walking suit (Version 3)
White linen with embroidered cross stitch.
*Not available / given
Glasgow style tie-back or belt
Glasgow style tie-back or belt, featuring silk, applique and metal studs. 'GSA' embroidered in centre.
*Not available / given
Embroidered trim/choker (Version 1)
Rectangular yellow armchair cover. Thought to be by Ann Macbeth. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
*Not available / given
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Masque Outfit, Fur (Version 1)
Pair of suede slippers, part of a Costume used in Glasgow School of Art Masque.
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Embroidered fire screen depicting a young girl flanked by roses, with three rabbits at her feet.
Attributed to Ann Macbeth.
Macbeth, Ann
Embroidered fire screen (Version 1)
Embroidered dress with belt, designed, worked and owned by Daisy Anderson (Daisy Agnes McGlashan).
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Linen dress, part of a costume used in Glasgow School of Art Masque.
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Masque Outfit, Dress (Version 3)
Masque Outfit, Dress (Version 4)
Fur, part of a costume used in a Glasgow School of Art Masque.
McGlashan, Daisy Agnes
Sample of Mackintosh upholstery fabric (Version 1)
Part of Examples of Mackintosh Fabric
Not available / given
Miss Cranston's walking suit (Version 1)
Miss Cranston's walking suit (Version 2)