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Description: | An extrodinary suite of plates showing room interiors designed by McCulloch & Gow, who first appeared in the Glasgow Post Office Directory in 1884. The firm listed themselves as "painters, glaziers, glass-stainers, and decorative artists." They also provided stencil decorations for a J.B. Orr and company paint catalogue (1891). The plates, each with image size approx. 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, feature stencil designs for walls, borders, and ceilings. Some plates include furniture, some do not. The plates are unusual as they include some very unlikely colour combinations and project a decidedly primitive sense of proportion and perspective. Each plate has a rubber-stamp in the margin "McCulloch & Gow, del., Glasgow," suggesting this portfolio was used as a brochure to show wealthy Glasgow residents. The twelve images are fine examples of Aesthetic design. There is a second set at National Monuments Record, Edinburgh but no copies cited in the British Library, RIBA,NUC, OCLC, or any other standard bibliographical source. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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