Embroidered Picture
ca. 1910 (made)
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This embroidery was illustrated in the Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art for 1912 (p.99) and may have been designed specially by Ann Macbeth for her embroidery students at the Glasgow School of Art. Other similar embroideries showing single woman figures have survived so it is possible that such compositions were prepared as exercises or special commissions for students to work under supervision.
Ann Macbeth was born in Bolton, Lancashire. She enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art in 1897, won a prize for needlework two years later and in 1901 was appointed assistant to Jessie Newbery. She took charge of the embroidery classes at the School of Art in 1908. Her work was highly regarded and publication in contemporary magazines included an appreciation by Francis Newbery in The Studio in 1902.
She also taught metalwork, bookbinding and ceramics and, as a freelance artist, produced designs for jewellery, carpets and textiles. Her book Educational Needlecraft (1911), written with Margaret Swanson, was one of the most forward-looking texts written on the craft. It based its exercises on the developing co-ordination and eyesight of children whilst fostering originality and innovation.
Ann Macbeth was born in Bolton, Lancashire. She enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art in 1897, won a prize for needlework two years later and in 1901 was appointed assistant to Jessie Newbery. She took charge of the embroidery classes at the School of Art in 1908. Her work was highly regarded and publication in contemporary magazines included an appreciation by Francis Newbery in The Studio in 1902.
She also taught metalwork, bookbinding and ceramics and, as a freelance artist, produced designs for jewellery, carpets and textiles. Her book Educational Needlecraft (1911), written with Margaret Swanson, was one of the most forward-looking texts written on the craft. It based its exercises on the developing co-ordination and eyesight of children whilst fostering originality and innovation.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin, silk floss embroidery, couched metal thread, beads, faux pearls |
| Brief description | Embroidered picture of St Elizabeth of Hungary, satin weave silk ground with embroidery in floss silks and metal threads, with beads and faux pearls, designed by Ann Macbeth, embroidered by Elizabeth Jackson, Glasgow, Scotland, ca. 1910 |
| Physical description | Embroidered picture of St Elizabeth of Hungary. She holds up her over-skirt which is full of roses. Cream satin weave silk embroidered with floss silks in green, grey, mauve, pink, purple and blue in satin, stem, chain and long and short stitches with some couched metal thread, gold beads and pink translucent stones. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Ann Bowles |
| Object history | Designed by Ann Macbeth (born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England in 1875, died in Carlisle, Cumbria, England in 1948) and embroidered by Elizabeth Jackson (née Wood) in Glasgow, Scotland. |
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| Summary | This embroidery was illustrated in the Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art for 1912 (p.99) and may have been designed specially by Ann Macbeth for her embroidery students at the Glasgow School of Art. Other similar embroideries showing single woman figures have survived so it is possible that such compositions were prepared as exercises or special commissions for students to work under supervision. Ann Macbeth was born in Bolton, Lancashire. She enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art in 1897, won a prize for needlework two years later and in 1901 was appointed assistant to Jessie Newbery. She took charge of the embroidery classes at the School of Art in 1908. Her work was highly regarded and publication in contemporary magazines included an appreciation by Francis Newbery in The Studio in 1902. She also taught metalwork, bookbinding and ceramics and, as a freelance artist, produced designs for jewellery, carpets and textiles. Her book Educational Needlecraft (1911), written with Margaret Swanson, was one of the most forward-looking texts written on the craft. It based its exercises on the developing co-ordination and eyesight of children whilst fostering originality and innovation. |
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| Accession number | T.359-1967 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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