This week’s Friday Gem is actually several items from the Stoddard Templeton Corporate Archive which bring to life the people behind the carpets. It’s difficult to single out an individual item from the Corporate Archive as the real strength of the corporate records… Read More ›
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Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: William Scott Morton
As this week’s Friday Gem from the Stoddard Templeton Design Archive, we are profiling a selection of designs and drawings by the architect and designer, William Scott Morton. Scott Morton was born in Carluke on 16 March 1840. He was articled… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Frederick J Mayers
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a series of designs by Frederick J Mayers. Frederick J Mayers (or Fred, as he was more often known) is probably the most prevalent designer in the Stoddard – Templeton… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Doodles
The Friday Gem this week comes from the Associated Design Records of the Stoddard Templeton Collection, and was found on the back of a large black and white photograph that James Templeton & Co had purchased from the Victoria and… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Can Can
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a pattern entitled “Can Can”. The project is well underway now and we’ve just about finished cataloguing and repackaging the design sketches in the collection. We’re now moving on… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Marion Dorn
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is an interesting design by American designer Marion Dorn from the 1930s. Marion Dorn (1896-1964) was one of the most important designers of the 20th century. As well as designing textiles, rugs… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Arts and Crafts
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a series of small Arts and Crafts sketches. The designs have been carried out in either paint, ink or pencil on tracing paper, and as such, are very fragile indeed. What’s more,… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Maxwell Armfield
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a design by Maxwell Armfield entitled Summer Trail. Though small and not in excellent condition, this design is an interesting find in the collection, for Maxwell Armfield (1881-1972)… Read More ›
Friday gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Glasgow Cathedral
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a design for a suite of carpets for Glasgow Cathedral. Designed by Scottish artist and craftsman R. Scott McDonald in c1963, this vibrant red design has as its central feature… Read More ›
Friday gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Coronation of King George VI
Following on from our previous post about the design for the Coronation of Edward VIII that was unfortunately never executed due to Edward’s abdication, this week’s post is about a carpet Templeton’s did make for the Coronation of King George VI, which took place… Read More ›
