A PRIVATE collection of traditional textiles from around the world will be on display at the Mackintosh Club during the sixth Mackintosh Festival this October.

The main part of the exhibition, A Threaded Story, includes Japanese kimonos, showing off beautiful silk weaving from different textile regions of Japan, from wedding sets and hand embroidered gold furisode to hand painted and printed men's kimonos and summer ukats.

Nicola Jamieson from the Mackintosh Club said: “We are overjoyed to be invited to take part in the festival for the second year.

“Our exhibition is very fitting with Mackintosh's love and influence of Japanese design, evident in his uncluttered open plan designs, geometric form of furniture and fittings, and use of dark wood against light walls.”

A Threaded Story will be open to the public from 11am-4pm, Monday to Friday, throughout the festival (except for October 9-16, when it will be closed due to holidays).

The results of the Big Banner project, in which the Mackintosh Club is working in collaboration with the Hill House, Hermitage Academy and stencil artist Elizabeth Culshaw, will also be on show at the Sinclair Street premises on the same dates.

Meanwhile, the Mackintosh Club is also taking part in Doors Open Day in Helensburgh next weekend, with visitors welcome from 2-4pm on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24.

At the formal launch of Helensburgh's Doors Open Day events, taking place on Friday, September 22 at the Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre, a Mackintosh exhibition, 'First and Finest', will be unveiled, marking a new collaboration between the Mackintosh Club and the Hill House.

The latter exhibition, which will be in place until the end of the year, will concentrate on the history of both buildings and the exciting plans for their futures.