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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Workshop of J. and R. Glen, Highland Bagpipe Makers, 1970s

Tags: collectors, Edinburgh, exhibitions, tools, wood

Stained glass panel, 'The Joiners', Stephen Adam, 1878

Tags: Adam, apprentices, Arts and Crafts, carpenters, designers, exhibitions, Glasgow, glass, glass stainers, tools

Alexander Jack & Sons, Agricultural Implement Maker, ca. 1885

Tags: Ayrshire, blacksmiths, Brass, cabinet maker, embroiderers, engineers, exhibitions, foundry, iron, joiners, patterns, photographers, shoemakers, textiles, weavers

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

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

The 'Jaw Bone' Stand at the Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886

Tags: aristocratic patronage, Edinburgh, exhibitions, Glasgow, home industries, knitters, shawls, Shetland, women’s industries

'The Clachan' at the Glasgow Exhibition, 1911

Tags: exhibitions, Glasgow, spinning wheel, textiles, tourist industry

Mrs and Miss Ross of Tain, spinning and knitting ca. 1865

Tags: exhibitions, linen, spinning, textiles, tourist industry, wool

Tommy Ross, Plumber, Haddington, ca. 1885

Tags: exhibitions, Haddington, metal, new industries, photographers, plumbers

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

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