How fascinating😍
June Layden handed over the precious textile to Glasgow Museums in the 1980s, when she worked for former director Alasdair Auld.
“One day I told him about this tapestry my dad had. I wanted to donate it to Glasgow museums, as it seemed important, and I wanted it to be safe.”The tapestry is in fact an inlay, or mosaic, patchwork hanging, made by Paisley-born tailor John Monro, who later had premises on the Bridgegate in Glasgow.
An inscription along the bottom includes the words: “John Monro The Paisley Artist-Tailor Born May 16 1811 Author of the Royal Clothograph Work of Art. This Piece of Art took 18 years to complete at Odd Hours. All round the border is the Names of Men of Learning and Genius….”It is believed the Royal Clothograph was an earlier work by Monro, Helen points out.
The 1851 Scottish Census lists Monro as the “Assistant Exhibiter of the Royal Table Cover Tailor Exhibiting” and research has also found contemporary newspaper reports of him displaying the hanging in Britain and Ireland, including at temperance movement meetings as an example of what to do in evenings rather drinking.
The centre has been closed to the public since the Covid pandemic began, but it is now open again for behind the scenes tours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It is free to visit but must be booked in advance – check GMRC’s social media pages for details.For June, who is now 74, the chance to visit the centre and see the beautiful Monro hanging again, was a “fantastic opportunity.”
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