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Examples of Mackintosh Fabric

  • DC 020
  • Collection
  • c1900-1986
  • Trimming of mauve linen, pre-1914
  • Original cover of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms settle
  • 4 samples of horse hair fabric
  • ample of purple fabric used to re-upholster Charles Rennie Mackintosh yellow settle
  • Letter from GSA Curator regarding 2 of the fabric samples, dated January 1986

Papers of Dorothy Campbell Smith, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

  • DC 076
  • Collection
  • c1940-1994

A collection of work by Dorothy C Smith including Glasgow School of Art student material and teacher training college material.

Includes:
GSA student notebooks

  • teacher training notebooks from her time at Jordanhill teacher training college
  • essays
  • architectural drawings
  • figure drawings
  • printed designs
  • paper-cut work
  • leaf prints
  • designs for repeat prints
  • embroidery designs
  • hadow work designs
  • designs for embroidered textiles
  • embroidery samplers
  • embroidery samples
  • a wooden stool with embroidered top
  • a poster
  • material relating to the proposed publication "Designing for Embroidery"
  • material relating to the "Unbroken Thread" exhibition
  • publications related to the Needlework Development Scheme

Smith, Dorothy Campbell

Papers and textiles of Sylvia Chalmers

  • DC 068
  • Collection
  • c1943-1990

A collection of work by textile designer Sylvia Chalmers, comprising Glasgow School of Art student material; work-related designs and sketches; magazine clippings; calligraphy samples; a programme for an exhibition titled "A centenary exhibition to celebrate the founding of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1882"; photographs; textiles such as aprons, tote bags, placemats, tea towels, kerchiefs, curtains and a banner; and textile design samples.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Papers of Liz Arthur relating to Robert Stewart, artist and designer

  • DC 062
  • Collection
  • c1950-2004

This collection contains the research materials of Liz Arthur used in writing 'Robert Stewart : Design 1946 - 95'.

It includes:

  • copies of press cuttings and ephemera relating to Robert Stewart
  • correspondence and notes relating to the book and associated exhibition held at Glasgow School of Art in 2003
  • photographs, strip negatives and slide negatives of Robert Stewart's works
  • and a small number of Robert Stewart's original works, including Christmas cards and textiles.

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.

Arthur, Liz

'Cross Stitch' fold-out booklet

Small blue card folder with the handwritten label 'Cross Stitch'. It contains a handwritten explanation of the technique and materials, the pattern design for a peacock in pen and ink on graph paper, and the worked textile in blue thread on white cloth.

Mackie, Mary

Sample of Drawn Fabric - coloured

Sample of Drawn Fabric - coloured

Embroidered pattern with different stitches in green, blue, red and pale brown silk thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric.

Mackie, Mary

Sample of Needleweaving

Sample of Needleweaving

Two patterns of needleweaving in white and red thread on white cloth. Pinned to white card. Labelled Needleweaving.

Mackie, Mary

'Canvas Work' fold-out booklet

Yellow folder labelled Canvas Work containing a handwritten explanation of the technique and the materials and a sample with nine shapes (squares and rectangles) in red and yellow wool showing a variety of stitches.

Mackie, Mary

'Drawn Fabric Work' fold-out booklet

Yellow folder labelled Drawn Fabric Work containing a handwritten explanation of the technique and the materials and a sample with a central design of a tree or flowerand a border with patterns.

Mackie, Mary

Binder of canvas work samples

Black and white patterned ring binder containing 7 samples of canvas work showing different stitches and patterns:

  1. Sample with yellow, gray, brown and green wool

  2. Sample with black, peach, blue and olive green wool

  3. Sample with bright pink, blue and yellow wool

  4. Sample with black, brown, white and light green wool

  5. Sample with black, yellow, white and blue wool

  6. Sample with dark red, blue, dark green and white wool

  7. Sample with dark green, acid yellow, peach and blue wool

Mackie, Mary

Sampler fold-out book

A fold-out book, bound in red fabric, with a white cloth tie around it, embroidered with patterns in red thread. The tie is secured at the back with a red button in the design of spoked wheel and a loop of red thread. On the front cover is an embroidered label with the name 'Mary Mackie' in red thread on a white cloth.

Inside are six 'pages' each with a sample of embroidery attached:

  1. Needlepoint depicting a small town with four buildings, roads and trees.

  2. White needle lace (?) square with sections showing different patterns, with border.

  3. White cloth square of counted-thread embroidery with nine different designs in red, black and orange with border.

  4. White drawn thread work square with nine different designs, with border.

  5. 11 embroidered designs on differently coloured cloth depicting patterns and stylised plants.

  6. Needlepoint depicting a white hart and flowers on a green background.

Mackie, Mary

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