- TSW/110/v1
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- c1970s-1980s
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- TSW/58
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Cream-coloured woven sample with design of bands or stripes in beige, brown, light purple or light blue cotton thread or loosely spun cream-coloured wool, alternating between different textile weaves.
*Not available / given
- TSW/65
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Two-faced fabric with fine grey and beige warp threads and a coral pink and loosely twisted cream thicker gauge weft. One face in a plaid design of twill and plain weave with bands of coral and cream on a grey background. On the other face, the cream weft threads have been deliberately cut and fringed to form bands of texture against the closely woven grey and coral background.
*Not available / given
- TSW/72
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Closely woven, double-faced, padded fabric in a grid like repeat pattern in plain weave which has been edged with a pale green cotton fabric. It has a central slash opening, probably created to fit as a protective cover. Woven in cream, three shades of green and two of pink, the boxes of coloured stripes are raised over padding to give a quilted effect. On the reverse, the padded squares are self coloured, separated by striped rectangles.
*Not available / given
- TSW/74
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Loosely woven two-faced fabric with organza ribbons in purple and green and loose weave cotton ribbons in pink and green. Reverse shows supporting weave of green and dark blue wool.
*Not available / given
- TSW/75
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Two-faced plain weave sample with fringe. The face consists of fabric ribbons of a satin weave green fabric and a coarse open weave fabric in purple, blue and yellow. The reverse is woven with red yarn and the same coarse open weave fabric in purple, blue and yellow.
*Not available / given
- TSW/85
- Item
- 1979-1980
Woven in beige cotton thread, with supplementary wefts consisting of multi-coloured ribbons and carded wool (as padding).
Whittle, Rhona
- TSW/99
- Item
- 1980s
Four sample weaves on card. One with sections with thick white wool weft. One ruched fabric caught with chevron stitches on blue and beige fabric. One with a geometric designed weave in peach, dark pink, teal, blue and gold. The final piece with open weave sections and bands of close woven tape in blue, grey and dark pink, with flat orange button decoration.
Cunningham, Lin
- TSW/2
- Item
- 1977-1978
Double-faced evenly woven fabric in bands of geometric design in ochre, red, marron, blue and green. Distinctive arrowhead band repeats every few rows in different colourways.
Jardine, Norah
- TSW/3
- Item
- 1976-1977
Evenly woven cream woollen fabric, with different gauges of yarn and simple variation in weave type to create bands of pattern and texture.
Wajerski, Elizabeth
- TSW/4
- Item
- 1976-1977
Brightly coloured evenly woven fabric of blue and light purple warp and lime green, red, yellow and deep purple weft. Geometric design of stripes created by different colours and weave types.
Jardine, Norah
- TSW/17
- Item
- 1982-1983
Single-faced tightly woven cotton fabric, predominantly cream, with warp central band and selvedges in dark blue. Zig-zag, audio graph style pattern of coloured bands and barcode style blocks of coloured plain weaving contrast with the cream background.
Neil, Claire
- TSW/18
- Item
- 1985-1986
Sample woven in basketweave with fine white thread. Supplementary weft cords made of pink or blue yarn, white fabric ribbons and metallic-like threads form a pattern of stripes.
Crossan, Kathryn
- TSW/21
- Item
- 1979-1980
Open weave cream fabric in different gauges of yarn including chenille. Loose basket weave to form an open grid design in two sections, one section with heavier bands of weft threads.
MacPherson, Sandra
- TSW/23
- Item
- 1978-1979
Tightly woven pile weave sample in fine cream-coloured yarn. The warps have been dyed or printed before weaving with bands of diagonal lines in pink, blue, yellow, green, purple and red. The cut pile ends form a lattice pattern.
Carnie, Bruce
- TSW/29
- Item
- 1975-1976
Double-faced weaving sample in plain weave and bastketweave with geometric design in bands. Woven in shades of green, orange, red and blue wool yarn.
McBride, Marina
- TSW/35
- Item
- 1987-1988
Double-faced twill weave sample forming a pattern of vertical stripes. Woven with different types of yarn, threads and ribbons in orange, pink, yellow, light blue, brown, red, white, as well as supplementary wefts made of satin weave blue fabric ribbons.
Maclean, Derek B S
- TSW/44
- Item
- 1978-1979
Double-faced smooth woven fabric in shades of orange, green and claret. Shaded green warp threads, varying weave pattern to create banded geometric design.
Clyde, Norma
- TSW/5
- Item
- 1976-1977
Two faced woollen fabric in cream and light brown shades with bands of geometric pattern created by different weave types and subtle gradations in colour between bands.
Wajerski, Elizabeth
- TSW/9
- Item
- 1978-1979
Double-faced, tightly woven sample with grid-like design of coloured squares arranged in bands on a black background. Woven in plain weave with yarn in shades of pink, purple, orange, blue, brown and black. This sample was entered by Alison Blair as her entry for the RSA's Industrial Design Bursaries Competition in Furnishing Textiles.
Blair, Alison
- TSW/11
- Item
- 1987-1988
Single-faced neatly woven fabric in shades of light gold, sand, grey and teal. Occasional mercerised light gold warp yarns give the fabric a slight lustre and twisted two colour yarn also introduced to contribute to pattern.
Maclean, Derek B S
- TSW/15
- Item
- 1979-1980
Sample woven with cotton threads and long-haired mohair-like yarn in shades of yellow and green that form a design of bands. On the face side some of the long-haired yellow yarn has been pulled to create a pattern of serrated diagonals.
MacLaughland, Inez
- TSW/16
- Item
- 1977-1978
Double-faced fabric woven in four sections, with cream warp threads and stripes of beige, light brown, grey, blue, and pink yarns used in sections of the weft, creating a patchwork effect of striped and plain coloured blocks.
Horn, Jean
- TSW/19
- Item
- 1979-1980
Woollen woven sample in shades of cream, grey and black of possibly undyed yarn. Combinations of plain weave and twill weave form different bands of geometric design.
Whittle, Rhona
- TSW/20
- Item
- 1979-1980
Cream and blue woven fabric with small coloured squares of material caught in pockets beween the two faces. Pockets separated by a blue grid pattern of twill and plain weave.
Whittle, Rhona
- TSW/24
- Item
- 1978-1979
Sample woven in cream-coloured cotton thread with a pattern of puckered vertical bands.
Carnie, Bruce
- TSW/25
- Item
- 1975-1976
Woollen weaving sample woven using yarn of different thickness in shades of cream, brown and grey into a pattern of criss-crossed bands.
Paterson, Ann
- TSW/27
- Item
- 1979-1980
Black and rainbow coloured woven fabric with single strands of coloured thread, in bands of six, forming a lattice with closely woven sections behind. Thick black stripes running on the warp make a regular repeat.
Whittle, Rhona
- TSW/39
- Item
- 1975-1976
Tightly woven fabric with warp threads in shades of blue and green, with weft in browns, rust and old gold in a geometric design with bands of different weaving patterns.
Paterson, Ann
- TSW/45
- Item
- 1977-1978
Double-face fabric in cream, grey, pale lemon and shades of pink woven in geometric design. Warp cream cotton thread, weft includes finer, mercerised threads and varying weave pattern.
Hendrie, Lynn
- TSW/46
- Item
- 1981-1982
Double-faced sample woven in cream yarn, sparkling metallic-effect thread, and pink, yellow, green and white cotton thread with a pattern creating a diagonal effect.
Heminsley, Claire
- TSW/47
- Item
- 1977-1978
Two-faced woollen sample woven with cream yarn and white bouclé yarn, with supplementary wefts of loosely spun cream yarn in the reverse to create a corded effect.
Horn, Jean
- TSW/49
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Open weave sample made with purple cotton thread and light blue yarn (as warp); beige and pink leather ribbons, strings of metallic beads and pink cotton thread (as weft); and supplementary interwoven feathers.
Hendry, Claire
- TSW/53
- Item
- 1982-1983
Two-faced woven sample with a grid-like design in blue and white cotton thread with supplementary wefts made of multi-coloured fabric scraps.
Richardson, Lindy
- TSW/54
- Item
- 1987-1988
Double-faced woven fabric with puckered cream folds including loose looped threads on a dark grey / brown and cream mix background.
Heath, Tracy
- TSW/55
- Item
- 1980-1981
Two faced woven fabric in brown wool with running stich pattern in gold, orange and grey on raised cords on main face.
Carmichael, Catherine
- TSW/89
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Blue board with six 90 mm square cards showing different colour and weave effects in shades of k with threads of peacock blue-green, with yellow and lilac threads.
Dobbie, Linda
- TSW/107
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Cream coloured fabric, presumed to be a cotton mix, with blue coloured grid over an irregular multi-colour spot and ribbon pattern.
*Not available / given
- TSW/109
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Cream coloured fabric, presumed to be a cotton mix, with green coloured grid over an irregular multi-colour spot and ribbon pattern.
*Not available / given
- TSW/59
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Double-faced twill weave sample in fine brown, dark green and dark blue wool yarn and loosely spun yarn of green-blue wool with red threads and snippets of fabric.
*Not available / given
- TSW/62
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Tightly woven single-faced fabric in cream mercerised cotton with supplementary 2 ply coloured weft threads incorporated in blocks to form a zig zag and line, creating a geometric pattern running across the sample.
*Not available / given
- TSW/63
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Tightly woven single faced fabric in a cream mercerised cotton with supplementary single ply coloured weft threads incorporated in blocks to form a zig zag and line, creating a geometric pattern running across the sample.
*Not available / given
- TSW/69
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Weaving sample made with warps consisting of green cords and fine orange cotton thread, and wefts of green leather ribbons, as well as supplementary feathers and strings of silver-coloured beads. Warps and wefts are woven in sections of tightly woven or open vertical weave bands.
*Not available / given
- TSW/71
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Weaving sample made with warps consisting of purple yarn and fine green cotton thread, and wefts of pink leather ribbons and fine orange cotton thread. Warps and wefts are woven in sections of tightly woven or open weave vertical bands.
*Not available / given
- TSW/78
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Double-faced weaving sample in fine cotton thread. Cream-coloured warps and wefts interwoven with multicoloured wefts in red, pink, blue, green, black, and white, that form eight different sections with abstract patterns. Warps and wefts have been left long as fringe.
*Not available / given
- TSW/88
- Item
- c1970s-1980s
Blue board with six 90 mm square cards showing different colour and weave effects in shades of lilac with threads of blue, green, and yellow.
Dobbie, Linda
- TSW/100
- Item
- 1980s
Four different coloured samples of woollen furnishing fabric designed for an RSA Bursaries competition in 1980, one mustard/brown based, one maroon, one dark blue and one green.
Carmichael, Catherine
- TSW/1
- Item
- 1989-1990
Plain weave sample made with cotton thread in shades of cream, peach, and dark green. The design forms a pattern of vertical stripes and bands, with the solid green bands woven with a puckered effect.
Farrell, Jackie
- TSW/6
- Item
- 1980-1981
Twill weave sample woven with a combination of tightly spun and loosely spun wool. Yarn in a dark orange shade and spun with multicoloured threads and snippets of fabric.
Carmichael, Catherine
- TSW/12
- Item
- 1987-1988
Single-faced loosely woven fabric in shades of dark pink (warp), grey, teal and lemon, with ribbons of pale blue, pale pink and black woolen yarn incorporated. The inclusion of thicker fabric ribbons adds texture and pattern to the fabric and a light stripe effect is created using the claret pink warp threads.
Maclean, Derek B S