Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago
Welcome to Episode 30 of our Podcast! We have been waiting to release this episode for *months* (almost a year at this point!) - last summer, when we were in Scotland working on the Isabella MacTavish Fraser wedding gown (youtube.com/watch?v=43ZTV_YxlgI) we were able to take some time to slip away to the Glasgow School of Art Archives (gsaarchives.net/) to have a chat with Dr. Robyne Calvert about Artistic Dress and "the Glasgow Style" (& Glasgow has some of the best style around...)
In this first part, we spend our time talking about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald - the husband and wife artist power couple at the turn of the 20th century, the Glasgow School of Art, and just the concept behind artistic & aesthetic dress. With lots of delicious visuals, we know you're going to *love* this art history lesson.
For the next episode, we're going to take some time to really explore the original Edwardian clothing that Dr. Calvert shared with us, including an Edwardian Collar (in the Glasgow Style), and Edwardian Capelet, and an Edwardian Dress (that is also *probably* a suffragette dress - but more on that later. 😉)
We also want to give a special thanks to Dr. Robyne Calvert and The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections for allowing us to visit and enjoy your collection. gsaarchives.net
Image Resources are Below:
*Portrait of Charles Rennie Mackintosh*: npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw150575/Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh?LinkID=mp95132&role=sit&rNo=2
*Portrait of Margaret Macdonald*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/mc-p-8
*Portrait of Francis Newbery, 1913, Glasgow Museums*: collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=564;type=101
*Group Portrait of "The Immortals"*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/dc-004-9-p4v1
*Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, Ophelia, 1851, The Tate* - tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-ophelia-n01506
*Elizabeth Siddal by Gabriel Rosetti, May 1854, The Victoria and Albert Museum*: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O15042/elizabeth-siddal-drawing-rossetti-dante-gabriel
*The Day Dream by Gabriel Rosetti, c. 1880, The Victoria and Albert Museum*: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O14962/the-day-dream-oil-painting-rossetti-dante-gabriel
*Photograph of Jane Morris, 1865, The Getty Center*: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/43639/john-robert-parsons-portrait-of-jane-morris-mrs-william-morris-british-negative-july-1865-print-after-1900/
*Photograph of Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, 1882, National Portrait Gallery, London*: npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06776/Oscar-Wilde
*Dress, c. 1882, Metropolitan Museum of Art*: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81512
*Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, Metropolitan Museum*: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=79eb91e1-d244-4348-a0e6-16a692a72049&pkgids=220
*Women's Tea Gown c. 1895, LACMA*: collections.lacma.org/node/214606
*Wall Hanging designed for the Dug-out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Margaret MacDonald, 1914, Glasgow School of Art Archives*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/mc-g-56b
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Welcome to Episode 30 of our Podcast! We have been waiting to release this episode for *months* (almost a year at this point!) - last summer, when we were in Scotland working on the Isabella MacTavish Fraser wedding gown (youtube.com/watch?v=43ZTV_YxlgI) we were able to take some time to slip away to the Glasgow School of Art Archives (gsaarchives.net/) to have a chat with Dr. Robyne Calvert about Artistic Dress and "the Glasgow Style" (& Glasgow has some of the best style around...)
In this first part, we spend our time talking about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald - the husband and wife artist power couple at the turn of the 20th century, the Glasgow School of Art, and just the concept behind artistic & aesthetic dress. With lots of delicious visuals, we know you're going to *love* this art history lesson.
For the next episode, we're going to take some time to really explore the original Edwardian clothing that Dr. Calvert shared with us, including an Edwardian Collar (in the Glasgow Style), and Edwardian Capelet, and an Edwardian Dress (that is also *probably* a suffragette dress - but more on that later. 😉)
We also want to give a special thanks to Dr. Robyne Calvert and The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections for allowing us to visit and enjoy your collection. gsaarchives.net
Image Resources are Below:
*Portrait of Charles Rennie Mackintosh*: npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw150575/Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh?LinkID=mp95132&role=sit&rNo=2
*Portrait of Margaret Macdonald*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/mc-p-8
*Portrait of Francis Newbery, 1913, Glasgow Museums*: collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=564;type=101
*Group Portrait of "The Immortals"*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/dc-004-9-p4v1
*Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, Ophelia, 1851, The Tate* - tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-ophelia-n01506
*Elizabeth Siddal by Gabriel Rosetti, May 1854, The Victoria and Albert Museum*: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O15042/elizabeth-siddal-drawing-rossetti-dante-gabriel
*The Day Dream by Gabriel Rosetti, c. 1880, The Victoria and Albert Museum*: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O14962/the-day-dream-oil-painting-rossetti-dante-gabriel
*Photograph of Jane Morris, 1865, The Getty Center*: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/43639/john-robert-parsons-portrait-of-jane-morris-mrs-william-morris-british-negative-july-1865-print-after-1900/
*Photograph of Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, 1882, National Portrait Gallery, London*: npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06776/Oscar-Wilde
*Dress, c. 1882, Metropolitan Museum of Art*: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81512
*Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, Metropolitan Museum*: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=79eb91e1-d244-4348-a0e6-16a692a72049&pkgids=220
*Women's Tea Gown c. 1895, LACMA*: collections.lacma.org/node/214606
*Wall Hanging designed for the Dug-out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Margaret MacDonald, 1914, Glasgow School of Art Archives*: gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/mc-g-56b
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