Last week, some of the staff from the archives visited the Lighthouse to view an exhibition that features some original material from the Stoddard - Templeton Archive. The exhibition, ‘Artisan’s Heirlooms’, was created by Briggs & Cole, a product design/ art partnership formed… Read More ›
Yesterday afternoon saw the launch event of the Stoddard-Templeton archive catalogue that is now fully available to search on-line. The event included an exhibition of some highlights of the collection, screening of some of the companies’ films and talks from… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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,… Read More ›
To celebrate Burns Night tonight, we thought we’d have a search through the archives for mention of Scotland’s favourite poet. Robert Burns has long been a patriotic figure for Scotland and his presence is felt here in the collections of… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
