Mackintosh-inspired student-made chair
- NMC/1879
- Item
- c1990
Light coloured wooden armchair with circular decorative cut-outs on the back splat and wings. Tapered arm rests on supports and a flat wooden seat.
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Mackintosh-inspired student-made chair
Light coloured wooden armchair with circular decorative cut-outs on the back splat and wings. Tapered arm rests on supports and a flat wooden seat.
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Sandstone plaque - The Glasgow School of Art Staff Refectory
Sandstone name plaque for the GSA Staff Refectory, which was part of the building on the opposite side of Renfrew Street aquired ca. 1920 to allow the School to expand. This building housed the Assembly Hall which was opened in 1929, so other facillities are assumed to date from around the same time.
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Sandstone plaque - The Glasgow School of Art Common Room
Sandstone name plaque for the GSA Common Room, which was part of the building on the opposite side of Renfrew Street aquired ca. 1920 to allow the School to expand. This building housed the Assembly Hall which was opened in 1929, so other facillities are assumed to date from around the same time. (Plaque was formerly wrongly identified as that for the Assembly Hall).
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A litho stone with three separate plates of a steam train, an elephant and hippopotamus, and one of two unidentified animals. Beneath the steam train picture is a black marker pen label reading '3d HMO Painting Book Blue Sept 1938'.
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Architectural competition drawing
Large presentation drawing of Glasgow School of Art campus showing new public space on Renfrew Street in claret and crimson on cream paper.
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Wooden and metal slide projector, makers label 'The Record,' used at GSA in the lecture theatre.
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Wooden A-frame stool with Mackintosh style wing motif cut out on seat.
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Horse skeleton attached to metal bar formerly used in drawing classes.
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Brown vase with black leaf detail
Large brown pottery bottle vase with black leaf pattern. No obvious makers mark, but believed to be by John Calderwood who worked as a technician in the ceramics department of the Art School during the 1990s.
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Two figures sunbathing on a tropical beach with palm tree and a row of brightly coloured striped sun shelters.
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Scene from a swimming pool with a swimmer in the foreground, a child being helped out of the water and a bather sitting by the poolside as others mill around.
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Charcoal drawing of female nude, sitting in an armchair and leaning forward over arms folded on knees, forehead resting on arms and hair falling forwards.
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Cast metal (probably bronze) commemorative plaque from the Mackintosh building with raised lettering reading, 'To record the use of this building as a sphagnum moss depot. during the Great War and the thanks of the Scottish Branch British Red Cross Society to the generous donors. April 1919.'
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Oil portrait, quarter length, of John Murdoch, a Master at Glasgow School of Art from 1848 until his death in 1854. Sitter is clean shaven, wearing a black bow tie and white winged collar shirt and dark jacket against a dark background. No visible signature of artist or identifying label on frame; donor believes that it may be a self portrait.
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A folder of drawings of perspectives and details of the Mackintosh Building signed by R G Smart
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'GSA interior Design Dept Big Show'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be overbearing...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be brief...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be emotional...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be deep, clumsy...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be stinging...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be old fashioned..'
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Typeset poster designed by typochondriacs, lettering reads, 'Redpath...'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, '18 line grotesque'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'Communication can be well mannnered, academic.....'
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Typeset poster, lettering reads, 'I'm having a crisis...'
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Long plait of dark auburn hair, said to be Margaret Macdonald's.
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Japanese inspired dark wood gavel and block with engraved silver coloured metal commemorative plaque reading, "Presented to the Glasgow School of Art by the City of Glasgow on the occasion of their 150th anniversary, 28 June 1995."
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Large copper water jug. Marked on base with no. 999 in red paint. Presumed to be part of the School's lending collection.
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Plaster and resin cast, possibly taken from an older wood carving showing a nativity scene on the long face and an Annunciation and Joseph on either end. The reverse is hollow with rough resin marks. Shape suggests it is copied from a capital at the top of a pilaster. Formerly located in the Director's office.
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The Glasgow School of Art still life object, coffee pot
Metal, possibly tin, coffee pot with repair to handle using a more elaborate metal handle from another vessel to replace damaged section. Part of the GSA handling collection, marked 'sch 19' in red paint on base.
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The Glasgow School of Art still life object, candlestick
Simple metal candleholder on circular tray base with row of piercings on base. Part of the GSA handling collection, 'GSA 49' in red paint on base.
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The Glasgow School of Art still life object, candle holder
Heavy, machined brass candle holder. Threaded bore in base suggests that there may have been other parts to this originally, possibly the base for a candelabra. Part of the School handling collection, marked 'sch 40' in red paint on base.
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The Glasgow School of Art still life object, candlestick
Metal, possibly brass, simple inverse funnel shape candlestick from the GSA handling collection with 'GSA 927' marked in red on the base.
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The Glasgow School of Art still life object, candlestick
Metal trefoil style candle holder on flat tray base,for thick candle, possibly ecclesiastical. Used for school handling collection, marked 'sch 66' in red paint on the base.
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Chinese Emperor ceramic figure
Cream coloured glazed ceramic Chinese figure in court dress. Some damage (repaired) to neck and missing hands. Old paper label with no. 629/20 and 'Sch 76' in red paint inside figure suggest that it was part of the School's handling collection.
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Needlework Development Scheme (NDS) Suitcase
Covered cardboard suitcase with the remains of a mailing label addressed to D P Bliss. Used for transporting Needlework Development Scheme material.
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Large brass circular plate with elephant
Large brass tray or possibly table top with elephant in ceremonial garb and attendants in sarongs wielding axes etc. Border with birds and foliage.
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Grey metal sign, Glasgow School of Art Newbery, in modern serif black typeface. Six fixing points for attaching to exterior of building.
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Modern long case 'master' electric clock, c1960s. Formerly in the Janitors Office, it was used to run the Mackintosh 'slave' clocks throughout the building. Heavy pendulum stored separately.
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Graduation gown belonging to William McCance.
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William McCance's artist's smock.
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Striped cotton jumpsuit in cream, light and dark green, light and dark lilac, and khaki. The design of the garment suggests that the material was dyed to suit. Strapless fitted bodice with darts opening to wide legged trousers which gather at the ankles in a decorative thread weave cuff. Lace tie fastening on the front of the bodice with braided cord made from coloured threads that match the material. The garment demonstrates a variety of pattern cutting and construction skills and was probably made for a Glasgow School of Art fashion show.
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A round and commercially available brass clock installed into the Board Room of the Mackintosh Building and linked to the electrical circuit of Mackintosh studio clocks introduced in 1909/10. The brass clock can be seen illustrated in the background of Francis Newbery's painting of the GSA Building Committee meeting in the Board Room which dates from 1909-1914.
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Cape sleeved jacket with long, mermaid style fishtail made of an iridescent synthetic fabric lined with green synthetic silk and decorated with strands of couched wool in a fish scale design. Thought to have been made and used as a costume for a masque or play at The Glasgow School of Art in the early-mid 20th century.
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Jessie Newbery's embroidery threads
10 reels of thread (yellow; purple; red; grey; navy blue; 2 x multicoloured; 3 x green); three sets of thread wound around card (2 x purple and 1 x green); plus loose threads (purple, yellow; gold; pink; black; green; blue).
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Hollow sarcophagus cast with relief pattern of animals and figures. Dark yellow glaze over exterior. White, unglazed interior. '14-103' handwritten in black on bottom right corner.
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Large blue ornamental vase with lid
Large and wide white ornamental vase with light and dark blue hand-painted floral patterns. Hand-painted bands of designs along the mouth and the bottom. Has a lid with several hand-painted bands of light and dark blue patterns. '18-24' handwritten in black on bottom of vase and lid. Glaze over the vase and lid. Was given to one of the school's directors as a gift.
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Study of insects.
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Study of light bulbs.
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