School of Culture and Creative Arts

Dr Anita Quye

  • Lecturer (History of Art)

telephone: 0141 330 7609
email: anita.quye@glasgow.ac.uk


The Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History is based in the Robertson Building, Level 3, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6AQ, (C2 on the Campus Map)

Office Hour: Email for appointment

Research Interests

  • Analytical identification of historical organic natural and synthetic dyes, fibres, pigments and inks.
  • Manufacture and commercial application of Turkey red and early synthetic dyes in the 19th century textile industry of Glasgow and its environs.
  • Conservation science of historical semi-synthetic fibres, especially cellulose acetate and viscose rayon.
  • Effect of dyes and dyeing on the micro- and macro-structure of historical tapestries
  • Socio-economic and cultural significance of dyes in pre-19th century traditional costume, including Scottish tartans and Chinese textiles.
  • Conservation science of historical textiles, artworks and artefacts, specialising in natural organic dyes and cellulosic man-made plastics

Anita works with both Textile Conservation and Technical Art History. She was previously Principal Conservation Scientist in the Department of Conservation and Analytical Science at the National Museums Scotland. Anita has a wealth of experience working as a conservation scientist within museums and working collaboratively on research projects with institutions worldwide. Her main area of research to date has been in historic textiles and modern materials analysis.

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2013

Hulme, A.N., McNab, H., Quye, A., and Peggie, D.A. (2013) Analysis of the yellow dye sources used in some prestigious 15th- 17th century tapestries. Journal of Cultural Heritage . ISSN 1296-2074 (In Press)

Hulme, A.N., McNab, H., Quye, A., and Peggie, D.A. (2013) Chemical characterisation of aged and unaged fibre samples dyed with sawwort. In: Dyes in History and Archaeology 22. JG Publishing. (In Press)

2011

Quye, A., Littlejohn, D., Pethrick, R.A., and Stewart, R.A. (2011) Accelerated ageing to study the degradation of cellulose nitrate museum artefacts. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 96 (10). pp. 1934-1939. ISSN 0141-3910 (doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.06.008)

Quye, A., Littlejohn, D., Pethrick, R.A., and Stewart, R.A. (2011) Investigation of inherent degradation in cellulose nitrate museum artefacts. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 96 (7). pp. 1369-1376. ISSN 0141-3910 (doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.03.009)

2009

McNab, H., Ferreira, E.S.B., Hulme, A.N., and Quye, A. (2009) Negative ion ESI–MS analysis of natural yellow dye flavonoids — An isotopic labelling study. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 284 (1-3). pp. 57-65. ISSN 1387-3806 (doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.05.039)

Quye, A. (2009) Monitoring of damage to historic tapestries (MODHT): a newly initiated EU project. Dyes in History and Archaeology, 21 . pp. 109-118. ISSN 0959-0641

Quye, A., Hallett, K., and Herrero Carretero, C. (2009) 'Wrought in Gold and Silk' : Preserving the Art of Historic Tapestries. NMS, Edinburgh. ISBN 9781905267156

2008

Peggie, D.A., Hulme, A.N., McNab, H., and Quye, A. (2008) Towards the identification of characteristic minor components from textiles dyed with weld (Reseda luteola L.) and those dyed with Mexican cochineal (Dactylopius coccus Costa). Microchimica Acta, 162 (3-4). pp. 371-380. ISSN 0026-3672 (doi:10.1007/s00604-007-0866-0)

Peggie, D.A., Hulme, A.N., McNab, H., and Quye, A. (2008) Towards the identification of characteristic minor components from textiles dyed with weld (Reseda luteola L.) and those dyed with Mexican cochineal (Dactylopius coccus Costa). Microchimica Acta, 162 (3-4). pp. 371-380. ISSN 0026-3672 (doi:10.1007/s00604-007-0866-0)

Quye, A., and Cheape, H. (2008) Rediscovering the Arisaid. Costume, 42 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0590-8876 (doi:10.1179/174963008X285151)

2006

Surowiec, I., Quye, A., and Trojanowicz, M. (2006) Liquid chromatography determination of natural dyes in extracts from historical Scottish textiles excavated from peat bogs. Journal of Chromatography A, 1112 (1-2). pp. 209-217. ISSN 0021-9673 (doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2005.11.019)

2004

Eremin, K.A., Quye, A., Edwards, H.M.G., and Jorge Villar, S.E. (2004) Colours of ancient Egyptian funerary artefacts in the National Museums of Scotland. In: Cleland, L., Stears, K. and Davies, G. (eds.) Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Series: BAR international series (1267). Hedges, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781841713731

1999

Quye, A., and Williamson, C. (1999) Plastics: Collecting and Conserving. NMS. ISBN 9781901663129

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  • Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith Scholarship 2012. For a doctoral research student to interpret and recreate industrial experiments and manufacturing processes of dye chemists in late nineteenth century Glasgow. In collaboration with Dr David France (School of Chemistry) and Lesley Richmond (University of Glasgow Archive). Further information.
  • Textile Conservation Centre Foundation 2011 (£5,000) Towards a vacuum rotary evaporator for historical coloured materials analysis
  • Chancellor’s Fund 2011 (£1,290) Towards a vacuum rotary evaporator for historical coloured materials analysis
  • Strategic Allocation Fund (College of Arts) 2011 (£3,250) Portable XRF and FTIR hire for materials analysis of museum, gallery and archive collections. In collaboration with Dr Richard Jones (Archaeology) and Dr Erma Hermens (History of Art)
  • Textile Conservation Centre Foundation 2011 (£560) HPLC column for dye analysis

 

I welcome enquiries in any of my current areas of research, and encourage interest in the development of in-situ micro-analytical techniques for identifying organic materials in historical collections.

  • Ari Loughlin, MChem student, University of Glasgow, with Dr David France, School of Chemistry. 'Synthetic Red Dyes in Commercial Production between 1860 and 1900.' Literature survey. Completion April 2012
  • Icon intern Dr Margaret Smith. June 2011-June 2012

Forthcoming

'Textile dyeing in late nineteenth century Glasgow: interpreting and recreating the dye chemists’ experiments from lab to manufacture.' Lead supervisor, in collaboration with Dr David France, School of Chemistry, and Lesley Richmond, Director, University of Glasgow Archive.

This doctoral research project is funded by a Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith scholarship, starting 2012-13. For further details on how to apply please click here.

 

 Collaborative PhD research at National Museums Scotland

  • David Peggie ‘The development and application of analytical methods for the identification of dyes on historical textiles’, PhD, University of Edinburgh 2006  (part of ‘Monitoring of Damage in Historical Tapestries’, an interdisciplinary project funded by the European Commission Fifth Framework Programme)
  • Ester Ferreira ‘Identification of yellow dyes in ancient textiles’, PhD, University of Edinburgh 2002
  • Robbie Stewart ‘Analytical studies of the degradation of cellulose nitrate artefacts’, PhD, University of Strathclyde 1997
  • Jane Ballany ‘Analytical studies of the degradation of cellulose acetate artefacts’ PhD, University of Strathclyde 1994
  • Stephanic Charters ‘Anglo-Saxon and Medieval pottery’, PhD, University of Bristol, 1994

Network Committees

  • Research Network, Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History, University of Glasgow
  • 'Tapestry in the Round: interdisciplinary cross-sector research in Textile History'. University of Glasgow, University of York and Glasgow Museums

Qualifications, Fellowships and Professional Memberships

  • BSc (Hons) Chemistry
  • PhD Forensic Toxicology
  • Chartered Chemist CChem
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry MRSC
  • Associate of the Museum Association AMA
  • Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (science)
  • ICOM-CC (member)
  • Icon (member)
  • Institute of Art History (member)

External Responsibilities

 

  • FRSSARSC Local Section West of Scotland (committee member)