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Image Not Available for Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 1
Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 1
Image Not Available for Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 1

Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 1

Date2014
Object NameBook
Mediumleather, cord and paper
ClassificationsTextiles
Dimensions14.6 × 21.3 × 2.5cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG011470
About MeAs part of the public engagement activity that accompanied the display of The Great Tapestry of Scotland exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2014 the creation of the community panel was proposed by Diane Stanley. Diane had participated in The Great Tapestry of Scotland project, stitching the Aberdeen panel as part of the Inverdon Stitchers group. She contacted local artist Shelagh Swanson to design the community panel and co-ordinated a team of volunteers to supervise the stitching of the panel, which took place in the exhibition at the Art Gallery. Over the course of the exhibition over 3000 people of all ages and from all parts of the world put stitches in the panel. It was later completed by Diane.

This book is one of two which were used to record all the stitchers who contributed to the tapestry.
Image Not Available for Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 2
Aberdeen Community Tapestry Visitor Book 2
2014
Aberdeen Community Tapestry
Aberdeen Community Tapestry
Shelagh Swanson
2014
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The Annunciation Tapestry Panel
Early 20th Century
Image Not Available for The Art of Needlecraft Book
The Art of Needlecraft Book
1935
Image Not Available for Tapestry Panel
Tapestry Panel
before 1912
Image Not Available for Framed 'Bethlehem' Tapestry Panel
Framed 'Bethlehem' Tapestry Panel
1950-1965
Fish Lantern Sunset
Fish Lantern Sunset
William Hunter Littlejohn
1987
Aberdeen 1964
Aberdeen 1964
Archie Brennan
1964
Tree Trunk
Tree Trunk
Maggie Riegler
1979
Stll Life With Indian Toy by Elizabeth Blackadder
Still Life With Indian Toy
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder
1984
Image Not Available for Rug: Insignias 1977
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Dr Alan Davie
1977
Image Not Available for Blue Guitar No1
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David Hockney
1976
Penelope and the Suitors
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John William Waterhouse
1911-1912
Cluny Design Needlework Picture
Cluny Design Needlework Picture
Margaret Stuart Simpson
Image Not Available for Sampler Sewing Book
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early 20th Century
Cluny Design Needlework Picture
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Margaret Stuart Simpson
Needlepoint Portrait Queen Mary sewn by Miss Jean Ferrans
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Miss Jean Ferrans
1935
Image Not Available for Embroidered Panel, Possibly Ottoman (Incomplete)
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19th Century
Image Not Available for Embroidered Panel, Possibly Indian (Incomplete)
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19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for M'Beth Pin Cushion
M'Beth Pin Cushion
19th Century
Image Not Available for Sampler (Blue Herringbone Border
Sampler (Blue Herringbone Border
Wright, Aberdeen
16-Feb-1865
Image Not Available for Chinese Embroidered Sleevebands - Garden on Ivory Silk
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James Cromar Watt
19th Century
Rectangular Sampler
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1833
Long Sampler (Multi Coloured)
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Possibly 1820s - 1830s