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Stoddard-Templeton Archive: Magic Carpets
This lunchtime I was in the Hunterian Museum giving the Hunterian Insight talk. I was talking about the Stoddard-Templeton Archive, which is full of fantastic resources from the world’s leading carpet manufacturers. I was showing off some of our design sketches – including some by Mary Quant, our chenille fabric sample, and a Templetonian (staff … Continue reading
Open Afternoon: Stoddard-Templeton Archive Launch
Archive Services is celebrating the launch of the online catalogue for the Stoddard-Templeton Archive with an open afternoon on Thursday, 19th April. We’ll have some of the highlights of the Archive on display, be showing some of the companies’ films, and have some talks from one of the archivists who catalogued the collection and from … Continue reading
My experience as a trainee at GUAS
After having completed a voluntary placement at the Lothian Health Services Archive and a Club 21 placement at GUAS, I realised that I wanted to pursue a career in the world of archives. I was very fortunate to gain the one-year, full-time position as an Archive Assistant (Graduate Trainee) at GUAS in July 2011. My … Continue reading
Friday Gem from the Stoddard-Templeton Archive
Our Friday Gem series is coming to an end. We’ll still be promoting items from the collection here, but as the cataloguing project draws to an end, we’re putting the Friday Gem into retirement. You can see all the Friday Gem images on our flickr site. We hope you’ve enjoyed them all.
Friday Gem from the Stoddard-Templeton Design Archive: Carpets
For this week’s gem we have chosen a selection of carpets – the finished product. The heritage carpet collection retained by Stoddard International plc encapsulates the history of Scottish carpet manufacture including examples of tapestry velvet, chenilles, axminsters and pictorial carpeting. The collection is now held by Glasgow Museums as part of their textile collection.
Friday Gem from the Stoddard-Templeton Design Archive: Sport
Over the past eight months, we’ve highlighted a number of contract carpets – those made to order, including those for luxury liners, for Glasgow Cathedral, and for the coronation of George VI. In addition to these prestigious commissions, Stoddard, Templeton and the other companies included in the collection were also commissioned by public bodies, businesses … Continue reading
Friday Gem from the Stoddard-Templeton Design Archive: Peacocks Parade & Safari Park
Today I’m highlighting two of my (very many) favourite items from the design archive. These small painted boards were among the first items that caught my eye when I started working with the collection over four years ago and they still grab my attention. I don’t quite know if I would want to walk across … Continue reading
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: H. W. Batley
The Friday Gem returns after an unscheduled holiday! H. W. Batley featured in a previous Friday Gem, with his coloured sketches being highlighted. We return to him today, with some more sketches. These sketches were digitised for Archive Services by students on the Information Management & Preservation (Digital) MSc with the assistance of the … Continue reading
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
This week’s gem from the Stoddard - Templeton Design Archive is a small design attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Glasgow born artist, designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), as we all probably know, is today celebrated internationally as one of the most significant figures in design history in the late 19th and early 20th … Continue reading
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Silver Studio
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a selection of designs ascribed to the Silver Studio. In 1880 Arthur Silver, a pupil of H. W. Batley and who has been the subject of a previous post, founded the Silver Studio. The studio produced countless patterns for wallpaper, textiles and floorcoverings, as well as … Continue reading
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