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1956 (made)
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The Needlework Development Scheme (NDS) was established in 1934 to encourage embroidery and to raise the standard of design in Britain, organised by four Scottish art schools, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, its collection of foreign and British embroidery was available to domestic science and training colleges, women's institutions and schools, as well as art schools. By 1939, the Scheme had acquired some 900 embroideries but the outbreak of WWII closed the Scheme and the collection was retained by the four original art schools. Glasgow School of Art was instrumental in re-starting the scheme late in 1944 and the NDS was gradually expanded to encompass other art schools in the United Kingdom where embroidery was taught. The NDS commissioned the British designer Mary Kessell to prepare designs to be interpreated by embroidery artists in Britain as the best needlework examples in the original collection were foreign. The commission resulted in a touring exhibition of work by Bromley College in London. The NDS was disbanded in 1961 when funding was withdrawn, although it was recognised that the Scheme had achieved its aims. Its collection was divided and distributed to various organisations included the Embroiderers Guild, The National Museum of Scotland and the V&A.
This folder is an example of the teaching aids produced by the Scheme, illustrating various ways in which embroidery stitches could be used and designs interpreted.
This folder is an example of the teaching aids produced by the Scheme, illustrating various ways in which embroidery stitches could be used and designs interpreted.
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Materials and techniques | Cut and painted paper, hand-embroidered wool and linen in cotton threads |
Brief description | Folder of cut and painted paper, and examples of hand-embroidered wool and linen in cotton, embroidered at the Needlework Development Scheme, Great Britain, 1956 |
Physical description | Four-leaf folder containing designs on cut and painted paper, and with examples of hand-embroidery stitches in cotton thread on linen and wool samples. With written descriptions of embroidery techniques. |
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Credit line | Given by the Needlework Development Scheme |
Object history | This folder is an example of the work of the Needlework Development Scheme, designed to improve the standard of embroidery in Scotland and to provide domestic science training in colleges, women's institutes and art schools. |
Production | Needlework Development Scheme 4838 |
Summary | The Needlework Development Scheme (NDS) was established in 1934 to encourage embroidery and to raise the standard of design in Britain, organised by four Scottish art schools, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, its collection of foreign and British embroidery was available to domestic science and training colleges, women's institutions and schools, as well as art schools. By 1939, the Scheme had acquired some 900 embroideries but the outbreak of WWII closed the Scheme and the collection was retained by the four original art schools. Glasgow School of Art was instrumental in re-starting the scheme late in 1944 and the NDS was gradually expanded to encompass other art schools in the United Kingdom where embroidery was taught. The NDS commissioned the British designer Mary Kessell to prepare designs to be interpreated by embroidery artists in Britain as the best needlework examples in the original collection were foreign. The commission resulted in a touring exhibition of work by Bromley College in London. The NDS was disbanded in 1961 when funding was withdrawn, although it was recognised that the Scheme had achieved its aims. Its collection was divided and distributed to various organisations included the Embroiderers Guild, The National Museum of Scotland and the V&A. This folder is an example of the teaching aids produced by the Scheme, illustrating various ways in which embroidery stitches could be used and designs interpreted. |
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Accession number | CIRC.247-1962 |
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Record created | September 30, 2006 |
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