Artisans and Craft Production in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

A University of Edinburgh online exhibition about Scottish artisans, their work and working lives between 1780 and 1914.

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Brass Candle Sconce, Alex Ritchie, ca. 1900

Tags: apprentices, aristocratic patronage, Arts and Crafts, Brass, Celtic revival, Edinburgh, England, factories, Glasgow, Highlands, Iona, jewellers, leather, silver, tourist industry, wood

Carved sandstone fireplace at Abbotsford by the Smith Brothers of Darnick, ca. 1822

Tags: borders, builders, carvers, design, Selkirkshire, stained glass, stone, Tweed, wood

Coopers in a coopers' yard, Fife, ca. 1889

Tags: Anstruther, apprentices, Fife, fishing industries, metal, new industries, tools, wood

Craftsmen at Mar Lodge, Braemar, ca. 1900

Tags: Aberdeen, architects, builders, carpenters, decorators, furniture, plasterers, plumbers, tinsmiths, wood

Cutting and Engraving Shop, Holyrood Flint Glass Co. ca. 1860

Tags: apprentices, design, Edinburgh, engravers, exhibitions, glass, journeymen, trades organization

Danny Thompson’s Cabinet Makers Workshop, Tain, ca. 1890

Tags: apprentices, cabinet maker, design, furniture, Highlands, photographers, portraits, Tain, textiles, tools, tourist industry, wood

Design for a Paisley Shawl, ca.1839

Tags: aristocratic patronage, Board of Trustees, copyright and patenting, craft communities, design schools, designers, exhibitions, fashionable consumption, foreign craft influence, Glasgow, Paisley

Doorpiece, 64 Queen Street, New Town, Edinburgh, 1790

Tags: apprentices, architects, Brass, Carron, Edinburgh, Falkirk, granite, iron, neoclassical, Robert Adam, stone carving

Dressmakers employed by Veitch of Peebles, ca.1890

Tags: apprentices, dressmakers, Edinburgh, milliners, Peebles, photographers, tourist industry

Dumbarton Glassmaking c. 1820

Tags: building, carpenters, cotton, Edinburgh, embroiderers, glass, London

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