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Textiles by Sylvia Chalmers

Includes:

  • a collection of aprons
  • a collection of tote bags
  • a collection of placemats
  • a collection of tea towels
  • a collection of kerchiefs
  • a collection of curtains
  • a banner
  • a tablecloth, a collection of handkerchiefs, and a cushion cover.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Textile design samples

Contains a collection of textile designs by Sylvia Chalmers. Includes designs for tablemats, tea cosies, kerchiefs, quilts, herb bags, cushions, dressprints and aprons.

Named designs include:

  • 'Califonia' [sic]
  • 'Niaomi'
  • 'Pink cyclamen'
  • 'Eglington'
  • 'Penang'
  • 'Tulip tops'
  • 'Hellzapoppin'

Also includes:

  • oledon & solesol wat dyes colour chart
  • pamphlet on Japanese stencil-dyed paper placemats
  • 'Pictorial embroidery by former students of the GSA' poster
  • 'GSA exhibition of embroidery & weaving' poster
  • 'Fern' wallpaper
  • 'Proposed CRM design for new reception room and dining room curtains and panels at Wm teacher's offices, St Enoch's Sq, Glasgow'

Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. The items in question have been assessed by a conservator. Some paper conservation was completed in 2019, but unfortunately in some cases no remedial work is possible.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from James Cosgrove's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, as a member of staff of the Glasgow School of Art, and as a Director of the House for an Art Lover. Also includes travel journals and sketchbooks documenting trips to Mexico, the United States of America, the Highlands of Scotland, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

Cosgrove, James

Reproduction Furniture

A series of facsimile armchairs were commissioned by GSA between 2003 and 2005 to replace the original armchairs (from 1904 and 1906) that remained in situ and in daily use within the Director's Room and Board Room of Glasgow School of Art.

Bruce Hamilton Furniture Makers

Publications

Five magazines produced by the students and staff of the Department of Printed Textiles containing illustrations and photographs of the students' work.

The Glasgow School of Art

Posters

Posters from exhibitions of work of James Cosgrove, and his students. Also posters advertising bands and lectures.

Cosgrove, James

Post Diploma course work

Work from Dugald Cameron's Post Diploma year at GSA. Includes a variety of drawings resulting in 3 designs for 3 ultrasonic diagnostic machines: bed table scanner, automatic scanner and diasonic.

Cameron, Dugald

Photographs of artworks

A variety of photographs of different artworks completed by Georges-Marie Baltus. Some of these items are dated to his time as a lecturer in Belgium, several years after he left Glasgow.

Baltus, Georges-Marie

Photographs

Photographs relating to the design work of C A Wallace Shaw for Fornton Knitting Company.

Shaw, Wallace

Photographs

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

Shaw, Wallace

Photographs

Photographs related to C A Wallace Shaw's design work for Braemar International.

Braemar International

Papers

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

Shaw, Wallace

Papers

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

Shaw, Wallace

Mural designs

Hand drawn and painted mural designs for projects such as Leeds Permanent Building Society and British Rail.

Cosgrove, James

Illustrations and designs

A variety of illustrations and designs completed by Mary Ramsay. Most of these items are undated, though one bears a label referring to Ramsay's studies during the 1915-1916 session at The Glasgow School of Art. These items include pencil and paint on paper.

Ramsay, Mary

Furniture and Interiors

Includes:

  • chairs
  • tables
  • benches
  • ettles
  • periodical and writing desks
  • smokers' cabinets
  • beds
  • mirrors
  • washstands
  • bookcases
  • cabinets
  • linen presses
  • dressers
  • fenders
  • hat, coat and umbrella stands
  • a baptismal font, letter racks
  • light-fittings
  • clocks.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Fabric samples

Contains 20 fabric samples in 13 different geometric and floral designs. Named designs include: 'Rum', 'Kildare', 'Plane leaf', 'Cobra', 'Palamos'. Some designs were done for Elisabeth Eaton Ltd.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Ephemera

A variety of ephemera primarily dating to the days of Archibald Haswell Miller as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.

Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts

Correspondence

A variety of letter received by Archibald Haswell Miller. One of this letters dates to his time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, whereas the others date to his time as a lecturer at the same institution.

Catterns, Edward Railton

Associated Works

This collection includes works by a number of artists, designers and architects associated with Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, his sister-in-law Frances Macdonald MacNair and his sister-in-law's husband Herbert MacNair. These works include textiles, designs, and four volumes of a Glasgow School of Art student publication called The Magazine, as well as several individual watercolours now separated from the publication. The collection also includes a number of models for proposed architectural schemes by Mackintosh.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

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