This length was created (as part of NMC/1579-1581) by Isobel Stirling for her Diploma Show in 1948 and produced under the supervision of Agnes McCreadie.
Framed embroidery of geometric design with orange, pink, purple, blue, and green thread on a purple background. Back of frame has label from "The Present Gallery, 16 Broomgate, Lanark", stating artist "Margaret McFarlane" and title of work "Broken Diamonds".
This screen printed banner with a large photo of Mackintosh depicts his signature and the Glasgow School of Art emblem reading: "There is honour in honest error none in the icy perfection of the mere stylist".
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.
Short, collarless box jacket made from panels of loosely woven fabric with pink warp thread and yellow, orange, pale blue and lilac silk organza ribbon weft. Panel sections edged with tightly woven cream threads. A band of silk in graduated colours finnishes the inside hem. Very similar to a fabric sample in the Textile Student Work collection believed to be made by Pauline Mcconnachie.
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.
Cream, synthetic velvet full-length dress coat. High neck, fitted bodice with long sleeves gathered on the shoulder and fastened with three double covered buttons at waist level. An open skirt falls in a narrow A line below with simple edge to edge closing on the front and a shaped central back panel to suggest a train. Badly marked by decay of metal sections of the covered buttons. Believed to have been designed and possibly made by either Violet or Daisy Anderson (see DC 022).
Two faced woollen fabric in cream and light brown shades with bands of geometric pattern created by different weave types and subtle gradations in colour between bands.
Single-faced neatly woven fabric in shades of light gold, sand, grey and teal. Occasional mercerised light gold warp yarns give the fabric a slight lustre and twisted two colour yarn also introduced to contribute to pattern.
Sample woven with cotton threads and long-haired mohair-like yarn in shades of yellow and green that form a design of bands. On the face side some of the long-haired yellow yarn has been pulled to create a pattern of serrated diagonals.
Plain weave sample woven with coarse woollen yarn in shades of grey, orange, and purple. Supplementary wefts of loosely spun thick woollen yarn in shades of purple, orange and cream is used to create a pattern of raised diagonal blocks.
Plain weave sample woven in shades of brown forming a design of puckered vertical bands and supplementary discontinuous wefts made of fabric ribbons in different colours. With loose supplementary warps and wefts in a variety of colours on the reverse.
Fabric development board with drawings, weaving grid, picture of a tapestry showing the inspiration, blue-green textile with orange, maroon and lilac spot design all mounted on card, entitled Hospitality Fabrics.
Brown, red, blue and gold coloured thread embroidered on a white cotton ground, with white wool part knitted, part caught down with thread. Red edged and mounted in white card.
Scottish. Sixteen samples, one of which is signed 'E McG 1837'. Worked by E McGaan of Ayrshire, 1837. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Woven screen with a loose check pattern with brown string and brown, cream and green thread on wooden supports. It has metal fasteners in the wooden beams at top and bottom for hanging purposes.
Woven screen with a loose check pattern with brown string and brown, cream and green thread on wooden supports. It has metal fasteners in the wooden beams at top and bottom for hanging purposes.
Printed textile panel, signed by Stewart, which is unhemmed. The design features three stylised men in hats with beards and red royalist outfits. The background material is teal in colour.
Printed textile panel, signed by Stewart, which is unhemmed. The design features three stylised men in hats with beards and red royalist outfits. The background material is green in colour.
