Work-related designs and sketches
- DC 068/2
- Series
- c1953-1975
Includes:
- 1 folder of christmas cards
- 1 sketchbook
- 1 folder of pencil sketches.
Chalmers, Sylvia
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- DC 068/2/1
- Folder
- c1957-1975
Contains Christmas cards in 20 different designs made by Sylvia Chalmers. Some cards have been inscribed and signed by Sylvia Chalmers.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/4
- Series
- Mid 20th Century
Contains "A Child Angel - an essay by Charles Lamb" and "From a Christmas Sermon - by Robert Louis Stevenson" reproduced in handwritten calligraphy.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/1/2
- Folder
- c1948
One page of handwritten notes on "Heraldry" accompanied by 10 pages of illustrations. Inscribed "Sylvia Chalmers, 26, Section 1".
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/1/3
- Folder
- c1943-1958
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
- DC 068/1/5
- Folder
- c1947
Contains 7 needlework samples:
- "Pulled Thread Stitches"
- "Cross Stitch"
- "Back Stitch"
- "Buttonhole Stitch"
- "Chain Stitch"
- "Herringbone Stitch"
- "Rumanian Stitch".
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/1/6
- Folder
- 1943-1958
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
- DC 068/2/3
- Folder
- c1953
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
- DC 068/3
- Series
- c1953
Contains a collection of magazine clippings.
Includes:
- 'A Scottish textile designer', an article on Robert Stewart
- Architect's Journal; May 21 1953
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/6/v1
- Part
- c1943-1990
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/2/3/v1
- Part
- c1953
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/2/3/v2
- Part
- c1953
Chalmers, Sylvia
Raffles Coffee House apron (Version 1)
- DC 068/7/1/3/v1
- Part
- c1953-1990
Raffles Coffee House apron (Version 2)
- DC 068/7/1/3/v2
- Part
- c1953-1990
- DC 068/7/3
- Folder
- c1953-1990
Cotton placemats designed by Sylvia Chalmers.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/6/v1
- Part
- c1953-1990
- DC 068/7/3/6/v2
- Part
- c1953-1990
- DC 068/7/4
- Folder
- c1953-1990
Five cotton tea towels designed by Sylvia Chalmers.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/6
- Folder
- c1953-1990
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
- DC 068/7/10/v1
- Part
- c1953-1990
- DC 068/7/10/v2
- Part
- c1953-1990
'Cobra' fabric sample (Version 1)
- DC 068/8/7/v1
- Part
- c1953-1990
'Cobra' fabric sample (Version 2)
- DC 068/8/7/v2
- Part
- c1953-1990
- DC 068/7/3/4
- Item
- c1953-1990
Green and white placemat "Braemar 1628" placemat with white fringed edges.
Chalmers, Sylvia
'Invercauld 15th Cent' placemat
- DC 068/7/3/5
- Item
- c1953-1990
Red and white placemat with white fringed edges featuring Invercauld and labelled 'Invercauld 15th Cent'.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/6
- Item
- c1953-1990
Brown placemat with green thistle motif.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/1/3
- Item
- c1953-1990
Raffles Coffee House apron in brown and white, with brown straps.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/2
- Item
- c1953-1990
Green placemat with white fringed edges featuring a geometric design and labelled "Tuar Fabrics.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/7
- Item
- c1953-1990
Printed placemat with repeating geometric floral pattern in blue and white.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/8
- Item
- c1953-1990
Blue placemat with scalloped edges featuring Noah's arc.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/3
- Item
- c1953-1990
Brown placemat with white fringed edges. Features a geometric design and is labelled "Arabesque; a two coloured placemat in chocolate and biscuit by Sylvia Chalmers"
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/3/10
- Item
- c1953-1990
Printed placemat in yellow, grey, and white with border geometric floral pattern
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/7/4/4
- Item
- c1953-1990
Printed tea towel with repeating pattern of heart-shapes, in light blue and white.
Chalmers, Sylvia
The Glasgow School of Art tea towel
- DC 068/7/4/5
- Item
- c1953-1990
Printed tea towel of The Glasgow School of Art with an image of the Mackintosh building, in red on white background. Tea towel is made of two pieces of fabric sewn together and then printed.
Chalmers, Sylvia
- DC 068/8/15
- Item
- c1953-1990
Printed fabric sample with designs of geometric birds and trees in blue, grey, white, and red. (Attached by staple to DC 068/8/16 along with hand written label.)
Chalmers, Sylvia
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