Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Heavyweight unbleached cotton vertical banner with Mackintosh weather vane in brown and Mackintosh School of Architecture in red Mackintosh style lettering underneath.

*Not available / given

Degree Show banners

NMC/1737C
Item
2001

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Unhemmed printed cotton banner for GSA Degree Show 2001. Digital image of mouth and section of face in pink and purple. Text in black and pink. List of degree show sponsors: Campari, Beat 106 Non-stop, Gordon Yuill and Company. Also has logo of printing company, Stork Digital Print and job number.

Centre for Advanced Textiles

Embroidered sampler on woven raffia background

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cream raffia plain woven fabric embroidered with coarse linen thread in grey, beige and cream. Stored with KW22 and KW23 in binder.

*Not available / given

Brown binca sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler on brown binca backing with a variety of yellow, orange, brown and black stitches including couching, herringbone and chain stitch.

*Not available / given

Metallic embroidery

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Embroidered abstract picture on metallic blue and green stripes with blue and green stitching.

*Not available / given

Raffia and plastic mat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Mat made from raffia and plastic with blue threads.

*Not available / given

Fragment of Border

NDS/F/34
Item
[18th century-19th century]

Part of Records and textiles of the Needlework Development Scheme

Indian. Coloured silk on brown woollen background. Kashmir cone design. Not very high quality nor in good condition.

*Not available / given

Printed black and white top with animal print featuring lions and other big cats

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

MacIver, Marie

Weaving folder

Part of Papers of Margaret Elizabeth Galt, student of Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Samples of fabric designs woven in wool and coarse linen, presumably by Margaret Elizabeth Galt.

Galt, Margaret Elizabeth

Degree Show banners

NMC/1737A
Item
2001

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Unhemmed printed cotton banner for GSA Degree Show 2001. Digital image of mouth and section of face in pink and purple. Text in black and pink. List of degree show sponsors: Campari, Beat 106 Non-stop, Gordon Yuill and Company. Also has logo of printing company, Stork Digital Print and job number, and the logo of Glasgow School of Art Centre for Advanced Textiles.

Centre for Advanced Textiles

Silk and linen scarf

NMC/1741B
Item
c1975

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Long silk and linen woven scarf with fringed ends. It has geometric designs and subtle colour changes and blends, achieved through dip dyed warp. Scarf is in shades of green, grey, orange and brown.

Sumsion, Sarah

Tapestry of art school students

NMC/1587
Item
c1949-1954

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

The heavy woollen tapestry depicts four female art school students.

Stewart, Marion S

Cream cotton sampler, collage effect with beads

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

*Not available / given

Big Fat Sampler, large wall hanging with square design

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Bold style sampler in coarse yarn, on yellow fabric, backing of beige linen. Various patterns of stitched squares in yellow, orange, green, and white. 4 macrame hooks at top edge with wooden hanging pole.

*Not available / given

Tapestry sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Open weave tapestry backing with woollen knotted stitching in browns and thick gold metallic thread.

*Not available / given

Hotwater bottle cover

Part of Records and textiles of the Needlework Development Scheme

British. Blue silk, hand stitched quilting.

*Not available / given

Weaving certificate of Robert C. Lockhart

Part of Records of Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee, Scotland

A weaving certificate awarded to Robert C. Lockhart by the Glasgow Technical College Weaving Branch for "excellence after two sessions".

Glasgow Technical College

Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

*Not available / given

Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

*Not available / given

Weave sample

DC 091/1/2/20
Item
1958

Part of Records relating to Dugald Cameron

3 multicoloured weave samples, mounted on one sheet of card.

Cameron, Dugald

Placemat

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

One of a set of six matching woven placemats in olive and white.

*Not available / given

Woven Yellow Cushion

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

5 zigzag stripes across front on coarse fabric in shades of yellow, orange and grey.

*Not available / given

Brown weave length

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

*Not available / given

White wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

White woollen background with turquoise, purple and red wool and silk embroidery.

*Not available / given

Sleeve with embroidered cuff

NDS/GB/35
Item
Late 19th century

Part of Records and textiles of the Needlework Development Scheme

Muslin with white embroidered cuff with short scalloped frill towards hand, and a deeper one facing upwards.

*Not available / given

Sampler with star

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Sampler with satin stitched star, cotton on canvas.

*Not available / given

Silk-screen headsquare

DC 111/1/7
Item
1976

Part of Papers of James Cosgrove

Handprinted silkscreen headsquare in raw silk.

Two copies of one image, which shows constellations with two figures and comets, in pale pink, grey, blue, yellow and orange on a cream background.

Cosgrove, James

Wooden stool with embroidered top

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

Stool top in canvas stitches, dogs' hair and hand spun wool (natural brown and vegetable dyed). Label on back for The Unbroken Thread exhibition.

Smith, Dorothy Campbell

Diploma show piece

NMC/1585
Item
1950

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Transparent organdie shadow work panel for a dress salon. Design features a dressmaker's dummy and vase with flowers. Previously displayed in a glass and wooden frame. Designed to be hung against a window.

Pollok, Meg

Silk and linen scarf

NMC/1741A
Item
c1975

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Long silk and linen woven scarf with fringed ends. It has geometric designs and subtle colour changes and blends, achieved through dip dyed warp. Scarf is in shades of purple, red and pink and has a maker's tag with the name Sarah Sumsion.

Sumsion, Sarah

Weave sample

DC 091/1/2/19
Item
1958

Part of Records relating to Dugald Cameron

3 multicoloured samples of weaving, mounted on one sheet of card.

Cameron, Dugald

Beige binca metallic sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Beige binca with metallic silver and bronze stitching and gold wool.

*Not available / given

Beige wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Beige woollen backing with grey, pink and white stitches.

*Not available / given

Cream wool sampler

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Cream wool background with grey, green, pink, orange and yellow wool stitches.

*Not available / given

Embroidered Piece 'Fishwife'

Part of Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Picture of female figure in blue dress wearing red scarf and carrying bowl on head. Embroidered in tapestry wool of various colours. Attached paper label "fish wife", Kath Whyte student piece.

*Not available / given

Viennese curtain