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Printed Textiles by Margaret Stewart.

The collection consists of printed textiles, garments and papers relating to Fraser Taylor's time as an undergraduate student at GSA (1978-1981), a postgraduate student at RCA (1983), and items relating to other professional activities. It also includes examples of textiles and associated ephemera for design collective The Cloth (1983-1987).

Material includes: typescript list of 1012 items exhibited with descriptions and their purchasers when appropriate, 1916; photographs of individual items exhibited, 1916; financial records relating to the opening ceremony, 1916; printed stationery made for the exhibition, 1916; minutes of the Needlework Exhibition Committee, Oct 1915-Apr 1916; folder of papers relating to the organisation of the Exhibition including stationery, correspondence and a speech/forwarding address by Fra Newbery, 1915-1916.

Includes:

• Newsletters and circulars, 1959-1978
• Membership records, 1960-1974
• Exhibition records including catalogues, invites, visitors' books, price lists and related correspondence, 1959-1979
• Press cuttings and notes, 1959-1976.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

The publications of the Needlework Development Scheme were central to its aims. The two bulletins, "And So to Sew" and "And So to Embroider" published three times a year, were issued free until 1958 until demand led to a charge being levied for orders of over 24 copies. At its height in the 1950s, the scheme spent the current equivalent (2003) of £1 million printing the bulletin and distributing it primarily to school girls as well as other interested parties. Other publications featured accounts of the Scheme's development along with images of selected needleworks or focused on particular themes within the collection, such as Swedish needlework.

Programme for the Gala Fashion Show by Pringle of Scotland on the 22nd October 1968 at the Savoy Hotel, London. Includes information on the history of Pringle of Scotland, and details information of the designs shown during the fashion show.

Programme for 'A Fashion Spectacular', hosted by Pringle of Scotland in the Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh on the 18th June 1969. Interior pages include advertisements from local businesses, letters from the Presidents of charities Cottage Homes and Purely Children's Trust, and the programme for the evening.

White fabric with orange print. Symbols and dots design.

White fabric with yellow/gold print. Repeat pattern of linked droplet shapes.

Titled "Sepalis". Natural coloured fabric with bright red all over print leaving (unprinted) different sized circle shapes. Decorative detail printed in black all over fabric, including inside the unprinted circles.

White fabric sample. Light grey all over print leaving (unprinted) rows of mermaids. Details on the mermaids printed in dark grey.

White sheer fabric sample printed in bright green with a row of 6 white circles. Inside each circle there are blue red and charcoal spherical prints.

Natural coloured fabric with dark green and blue print. Plant-like background pattern and repeated large flower motifs.

White fabric sample with large square army green print leaving unprinted white fabric to form an abstract bird.

Titled "Sepalis". Natural coloured fabric with decorative detail printed in black all over fabric.

Printed ephemera relating to the design work of C A Wallace Shaw for Pringle of Scotland.

Printed ephemera relating to the design work of C A Wallace Shaw for Donna Karan.

Printed ephemera related to designs created for Braemar International.

White fabric cushion cover. Sky blue print covering most of the fabric. Unprinted white fabric in triangle shapes.

Pringle of Scotland Pamphlet advertising their specialised tailoring service. Includes instructions for measurement and a tear-out page for placing an order.

Pringle of Scotland Newsletter Issue No. 471, dated 25th April 1969. Information includes notes about staff promotion, information on Chairman W. A. MacTaggart's health, and a trip to the USA taken by the design director R. S. Beaty.

2-page Pringle of Scotland Newsletter Issue No. 458, dated 6th December 1968. Information includes the announcement of the retirement of Managing Director Otto Weisz, and the changes to management arising from this. It also includes an advertisement of a free film showing for Pringle employees of 'The World of Cashmere', which had been shown recently at the Gala Fashion Show in London.

Pringle of Scotland Newsletter Issue No. 452, dated 20th September 1968. Information includes notices of staff changes, the Pringle of Scotland Show Business Golf Trophy, information on 'The World of Cashmere' Film, and a notice of petition to save the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment.

Poster for the Pringle Bulletin, dated from July 1978. The articles include a piece on Wallace Shaw, entitled 'Wallace goes Stateside.' It also includes a picture of him in his role as design manager.