Book Cover
1959 (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 The NDS was disbanded in 1961 when funding was withdrawn, although it was recognised that the Scheme had achieved its aims.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.
Lesley Miller trained at Glasgow School of Art and was influenced by Swedish folk traditions. Her strong sense of colour and pictorial style was often based on the landscape, and worked in chain stitch.
Lesley Miller trained at Glasgow School of Art and was influenced by Swedish folk traditions. Her strong sense of colour and pictorial style was often based on the landscape, and worked in chain stitch.
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Materials and techniques | Hand-embroidered ribbed silk with gold and silk threads, gold couching |
Brief description | Bible book cover of embroidered ribbed silk, designed and embroidered by Lesley Miller, Glasgow, 1959 |
Physical description | Bible book cover of ribbed silk embroidered with a variety of gold threads. Small areas of silk embroidery in vivid colours are also included. The basic cross design is surrounded by smaller symbolic motifs such as the Dove of Peace, the Chalice and the Burning Bush. The back of the cover and the spine are covered in gold couching. |
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Credit line | Given by the Needlework Development Scheme |
Object history | This example of the work of the Needlework Development Scheme was 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 Collection 5178 |
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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 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. Lesley Miller trained at Glasgow School of Art and was influenced by Swedish folk traditions. Her strong sense of colour and pictorial style was often based on the landscape, and worked in chain stitch. |
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Accession number | CIRC.191-1962 |
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Record created | September 30, 2006 |
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