Items from the textile collections have been used to inspire and instruct past and present students and they served as inspiration for the recent ‘Archive, Artifice, Artifact’ exhibition - the fourth exchange of ideas in contemporary design and thinking bringing together work by Glasgow School of Art staff and contemporary professional textile designers. Other users include postgraduate students and textile historians. Collections include:

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• Records and c300 textile items of the Needlework development scheme of which c20 were produced in Scotland, 17th century-1961
• Kath Whyte (1909-1996) Head of Embroidery & Weaving at the School from 1948 to 1974; material includes lecture notes, sketchbooks and examples of textiles, 1922-1988
• Examples of Ayrshire Whitework including three nineteenth century christening robes
• Embroidery & Woven Textile Collection consisting chiefly of lace work
• Glasgow Style Textile Collection consisting of works by students and staff of the School including items by Jessie Newbery and Ann Macbeth who were responsible for the establishment and early development of the Department of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, the first of its kind in Scotland, 19th century-
• 67 Jacquard sample books and 5 notebooks belonging to the fabric manufacturer Donald Brothers Ltd, Dundee, 1922-1937
• Collection of 27 dolls dressed in period costumes, c1956