Description
probably by Johnamm "Joey" McCrae, each depicting a frieze of stylised Glasgow roses, within later linen border (2)
Dimensions
99 x 101cm, including border 195 x 134cm
Footnote
Literature: MacFarlane, Fiona and Arthur, Elizabeth 'Glasgow School of Art Embroidery: 1894- 1900' Glasgow: Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1980.
Note: Johnamm 'Joey' McCrae (1881- 1959) attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1898 until 1902, where she receive 1st class grades in Freehand Drawing and in Design. She received a bursary in 1902 to visit galleries, museums, and art collections and was awarded £5.50 which she spent on a trip to London. In 1906, she was appointed assistant instructress at the Saturday morning class but had to retire shortly after to care for her nieces after the death of her sister. McCrae's work is in the typical Glasgow style with floral patterns and decorative simplified compositions.