Stole
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 the Second World War 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 The NDS was disbanded in 1961 when funding was withdrawn, although it was recognised that the Scheme had achieved its aims.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.
Beryl Dean trained at the Royal School of Needlework and taught at Eastbourne College of Art. She is best known for her ecclesiastical embroidery. She was awarded an MBE for services to embroidery in 1975.
Beryl Dean trained at the Royal School of Needlework and taught at Eastbourne College of Art. She is best known for her ecclesiastical embroidery. She was awarded an MBE for services to embroidery in 1975.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered lurex in metal threads, lined with silk |
Brief description | Stole of embroidered lurex in metal threads, designed by Beryl Dean, embroidered by E. M. Stevens, England, 1959 |
Physical description | Embroidered stole in metal thread on a lurex ground. Lined with pale turquoise blue silk. Embroidered in silver and gold threads with a motif of 'A ship riding amidst storms', representing an image of the Church in the early days of Christianity. |
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Credit line | Given by the Needlework Development Scheme |
Object history | Made by or threaded by E. M. Stevens. 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 | NDS 5167 |
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 the Second World War 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. Beryl Dean trained at the Royal School of Needlework and taught at Eastbourne College of Art. She is best known for her ecclesiastical embroidery. She was awarded an MBE for services to embroidery in 1975. |
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Accession number | CIRC.195-1962 |
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Record created | September 30, 2006 |
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