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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‘The Carpenter and his Wife’, Alexander McCallum Webster, ca. 1867

Tags: carpenters, Glasgow, new industries, photographers

James Tassie, Sculptor and Gem Engraver, ca. 1781

Tags: Dublin, fashionable consumption, Glasgow, glass, jewellers, London

Alice Groom of Doulton & Co. at the Glasgow Exhibition, 1888

Tags: design, exhibitions, Glasgow, London, pottery, school of art, tailors, tourist industry

Interior of the Willow Tea Room, Glasgow, 1903

Tags: architects, Arts and Crafts, Celtic revival, design schools, exhibitions, Glasgow, London, women craftworkers, wrought iron

Silver Teapot, Robert Gray and Son, Glasgow, 1827

Tags: aristocratic patronage, Ayrshire, Glasgow, London, neoclassical, rococo, silver, silversmith

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

Umbrella Stand, Carron Company, 1843

Tags: cast-iron, copyright and patenting, craft communities, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, neoclassical, Robert Adam, Stirling

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

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