Records of Stoddard International plc, Design Archive, Art Nouveau

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Archive Services

Scope and Content

1 folder, 'Art Nouveau Tracing Paper Sketches, Silver Studio and Others', and six loose items brought together as 'Large Art Nouveau Loose Items'. 'Art Nouveau' refers generally to the style of painting, architecture, and the decorative and applied arts that flourished in Europe and the United States from about 1890 to 1910. The style is typically characterised by an emphasis on fluid, undulating, or serpentine lines or contours based on organic forms and the use of modern materials such as iron and glass. Design sketches that carry a number written in red ink, or the letters B.L. or B.G. (meaning 'bought in London' or 'bought in Glasgow') followed by a number, can potentially be cross referenced with STOD/201/1/8/1 'Templeton Register of Designs Bought - Sketches 1897-1915 (1925)'. Numbers written in red ink have been taken to be the Design Number and are catalogued as the Design Title. Most of the designs in this drawer feature letters and numbers in the form 'SK/N 234', or similar, accompanied by a coloured sticky dot, which perhaps refers to a more recently added indexing system.

This description is part of the Design Archive  which is divided into the 142 sections, each with its own separate description.

Access Information

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Archivist.

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents

Additional Information

Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) Second Edition, September 1999and National Council on Archives, Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names

Scotland is the location of all place names in the administrative/biographical history element, unless otherwise stated.

Descriptions completed by Michelle Kaye, Project Assistant, December 2010.

Geographical Names