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Envelope
Classification(s):
Ephemera
Date: c.1951-1976
Dimensions:
215 × 2700 mm (21.5 × 270 cm)
Medium: Paper envelope
Object number: ILEA archive ephemera - envelope
Place of Production:London, England
DescriptionBrown paper envelope used in the administration and management of the Inner London Educational Authority (ILEA) Circulating Design Scheme.
The envelope refers to the display group __.
The envelope contained reference photographs, record cards and any associated ephemera. The envelope and its contents were left inside the Scheme's display cabinets, enabling schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme to inventory exhibits.
On the front of the envelope are titles, references and instructional information written in pen.
The envelope refers to the display group __.
The envelope contained reference photographs, record cards and any associated ephemera. The envelope and its contents were left inside the Scheme's display cabinets, enabling schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme to inventory exhibits.
On the front of the envelope are titles, references and instructional information written in pen.
ProvenanceThis item was used in the administration and management of the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The Scheme’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’ using a collection of art, design and craft-based objects.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, and later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a reference photograph and a record card for each individual display case. Reference photographs were used as a visual inventory, allowing the contents of each display to be checked. Record cards capture tour dates and locations, object lists (including stock numbers and descriptions) and supplier information. They were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information. These materials form a smaller body of archive material which enrich understandings of the objects in the collection, and the history of the Scheme itself.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The Circulating Design Scheme was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The Scheme’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’ using a collection of art, design and craft-based objects.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, and later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a reference photograph and a record card for each individual display case. Reference photographs were used as a visual inventory, allowing the contents of each display to be checked. Record cards capture tour dates and locations, object lists (including stock numbers and descriptions) and supplier information. They were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information. These materials form a smaller body of archive material which enrich understandings of the objects in the collection, and the history of the Scheme itself.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.