Collar
1903 (made)
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Hugh Mackay Baillie Scott designed this shantung silk collar in 1903. It bears a pattern of fronds and harebells, which was embroidered by his wife Florence Kate Baillie Scott. The collar is decorated with silver beads and edged with a narrow cord of black and white silk. It is similar in style and technique to another one in the V&A's collection designed and made by Jessie Newbery of the Glasgow School.
Baillie Scott was one of the most highly regarded and original architects of the years around 1900. He was also a designer of furniture and textiles. He was very influential abroad. His work at Darmstadt in Germany for the Duke of Hesse is one of the major architectural and design projects of the period. He used embroidery, particularly appliqué, to decorate the textiles in his interiors.
Baillie Scott was one of the most highly regarded and original architects of the years around 1900. He was also a designer of furniture and textiles. He was very influential abroad. His work at Darmstadt in Germany for the Duke of Hesse is one of the major architectural and design projects of the period. He used embroidery, particularly appliqué, to decorate the textiles in his interiors.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered shantung silk with silks, steel beads |
| Brief description | Collar of shantung silk embroidered in silks, designed by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, embroidered by his wife Florence Kate Baillie Scott, England, 1903 |
| Physical description | Collar of shantung silk embroidered in silks and silver beads in a design of fronds and hare-bells in green, blue and mauve. The collar is edged with a narrow cord of white and black silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Enid M. Lister Wallis, daughter of the artists |
| Object history | The acquisition paperwork (Registered File: MA/1/L1575) and V&A's departmental accession folders explain that the collar was gifted by Mrs Enid M. Lister Wallis, Hugh Mackay and Florence Kate Baillie Scott’s daughter, following its loan for the exhibition Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts in 1952-3. It is one of the few embroideries by Hugh Mackay and Florence Kate Baillie Scott to survive post-World War II. |
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| Summary | Hugh Mackay Baillie Scott designed this shantung silk collar in 1903. It bears a pattern of fronds and harebells, which was embroidered by his wife Florence Kate Baillie Scott. The collar is decorated with silver beads and edged with a narrow cord of black and white silk. It is similar in style and technique to another one in the V&A's collection designed and made by Jessie Newbery of the Glasgow School. Baillie Scott was one of the most highly regarded and original architects of the years around 1900. He was also a designer of furniture and textiles. He was very influential abroad. His work at Darmstadt in Germany for the Duke of Hesse is one of the major architectural and design projects of the period. He used embroidery, particularly appliqué, to decorate the textiles in his interiors. |
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| Accession number | T.126-1953 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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