Now that the trust have succeeded in restoring the building to its former glory it continues to focus its effort on the advancement of the arts heritage and culture by.
Argyle street tea rooms glasgow.
Mackintosh argyle street side chair leave a reply though time hasn t been kind to this example of mackintosh s side chair for the argyle street tea room the back still shows a high degree of work including the cutout and pierced and curved stiles.
The perfect blend of quirky and cosy the hidden lane tea room is a pocket of scrumptiousness in argyle court.
The décor is dainty with a.
Having already established a successful tea room on argyle street she invited mackintosh to work alongside architect and designer george walton on the interiors of a new premises in buchanan.
Designed for argyle street tea rooms glasgow.
The willow tearooms are tearooms at 217 sauchiehall street glasgow scotland designed by internationally renowned architect charles rennie mackintosh which opened for business in october 1903 they quickly gained enormous popularity and are the most famous of the many glasgow tearooms that opened in the late 19th and early 20th century.
The tearoom is neatly tucked away just off argyle street and surrounded by a colourful vibrant growing community of artists creatives jewellers illustrators and more.
Scope and content this item was lost in the fire in the mackintosh building at the glasgow school of art on 23rd may 2014.
If victoria sponge scones and gooey baked delights hit the spot then this is the place for you.
At least four examples of this table appear in contemporary photographs of the smoking and billiards.
In 1878 miss kate cranston opened her first tearoom the crown luncheon room on argyle street glasgow.
She set high standards of service food quality and cleanliness and her innovation lay in seeing the social need for something more than a restaurant or a simple tea shop and in putting equal attention into providing amenities designed in the latest style.
Swanson s is also listed in perilla kinchin s book tea and taste the glasgow tea rooms 1875 1975 as having been in existence from 1911 to the 1950 s originally at 219 argyle street and then expanding to include 217.