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Nancy McCredie (18 December 1899 - 24 August 1987) was a Scottish weaver and designer. She was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and won the Lauder Prize in 1952.[1]
Life
McCredie was born in 51 Overdale Street in Langside in Glasgow.
Her father was Hugh James McCredie (born 6 May 1853). Her mother was Mary Alexander Marquis Cook (born c. 1863). They married 2 June 1882 in Glasgow.
In 1928 she was staying at Tannoch Drive in Milngavie.[2]
She went to Australia in 1928, she was a teacher.[3]
In 1952 she was staying at Spango in Killearn.[4] McCredie named her house Spango to honour where she was brought up.[5]
Art
She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1917 to 1924. She studied drawing and painting in 1917-18 and then design classes from 1921 to 1924.[6]
She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.
She was Head Designer at the Glasgow School of Art.[7]
In the period 1946 to 1951 she was Examiner in Embroidery for the National Diploma in Design.[8]
During 1947 she studied methods of textile education in Sweden and Denmark.[9]
In 1948 she entered industry.[10]
She won the Lauder Prize in 1952 for an exhibit of hand weaving.[11]
Death
She died on 24 August 1987 in Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow.[12]