Key Information
Reference code
TSW/11
Title
Weaving Sample
Date(s)
- 1987-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Content and Structure
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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General Information
Name of creator
(fl c1980s)
Biographical history
Derek MacLean studied at GSA in the 1980s and modelled in the 1986 fashion show. Derek won a Design Bursary in the Bute Fabric competition and second equal prize in the Jonathan Thorpe Yarn Design Competition.
He went on to do an MA at the Royal College of Art and exhibited at home and overseas, in session 1987-88. As at July 2017, Derek is a Design Project Manager in Woven Textile in Glasgow, in Interior Design.
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Physical Description and Conditions of Use
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Language of material
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Physical Description
Dimensions: 255 x 280 mm