
Conserving the Cushion from the Willow Tea Room’s Settle
Textile conservator, Tabby Gibbs, tells us about conserving the cushion for the settle from Mackintosh’s Willow Tea Rooms as her final project. Last year (2023),
Textile conservator, Tabby Gibbs, tells us about conserving the cushion for the settle from Mackintosh’s Willow Tea Rooms as her final project. Last year (2023),
These Mackintosh lights (MC/F/107) originally hung as part of a chandelier-type cluster in the centre of the Mackintosh library, and were complimented by a further
Did you see our #CastFromThePast social media campaign?! If not let us fill you in… The premise of this project was to share stories about
You may remember we told you about our textile repackaging project, involving hundreds of items from our textile collection. Well, we thought it was time
This week GSA’s Collections Development Officer Michelle Kaye provides an update on conservation activities. I’m pleased to share an update on the status of the
As you may have seen in some of our previous blog posts, we have been enjoying working in collaboration with University of Glasgow Textile
Over the last few months, the Archives and Collections have been working with students from the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Textile Conservation (CTC). The
Archives and Collections have just finished a large textile repackaging project, linked with the textile digitisation project we wrote about in our recent blog. This project
As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at the work which has taken place as part of the Recovery Project since the 2014
The Mackintosh Building Restoration project is coming along beautifully thanks to the restoration team and our very own Recovery Project Lead Polly Christie! Here she
A few weeks ago we hosted a visit from the students of the textile conservation MPhil course at The University of Glasgow. The group have
The archivists amongst you may have read about the latest updates from our post fire recovery project in ARC, the Archives and Records Association’s monthly