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At this time tea rooms in the city were numerous and popular; when hung with paintings by the Glasgow Boys some of them became almost like art galleries. None could match the tea rooms of Kate Cranston with their startling decorations and the provision of such amenities as billiard rooms and ladies' rooms.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>In the Willow tea room Mackintosh had total control of the project both inside and outside; his wife contributed some of the decorative motifs. On the ground floor he set up an unpainted frieze of plaster panels, their angular outlines leading the eye deeper into the stems and branches of the willow wood. Above, in the Salon de Luxe, a leaded-glass frieze with pink and green insets was placed against white painted walls, and on the curved bay, leaf-shaped mirror glass shimmered like the stirring of willow leaves. The Billiard Room, from where this fireplace originated, is a floor above the Salon de Luxe and echoes its motifs.","physicalDescription":"The fireplace is made of iron with a blue and white tile surround","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Mackintosh, Charles Rennie","id":"A8638"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wrought iron","id":"AAT11012"},{"text":"wall tile","id":"AAT10731"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Iron, with ceramic tile surround","categories":[{"text":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"},{"text":"Scotland","id":"THES262877"}],"styles":[{"text":"Art Nouveau","id":"AAT21430"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AL3079","2006AJ6276","2006AP3028"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125G (VA)","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"PL3","shelf":"","box":"3"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Fireplace","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Glasgow","id":"x28891"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1904","earliest":"1899-01-01","latest":"1908-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Daly's of Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"173.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including surround","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"163","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"41","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 29/06/1999 by LH","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The fireplace was designed by Mackintosh for the Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, commissioned by Kate Cranston (1849-1934). The Willow Tea Rooms were created for Mrs. Cranston between 1903 and 1904, and Mackintosh designed several different but connected rooms with different purposes - male and female tea rooms had a different style, feel and use of colour.\r\nDesigned by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (born in Glasgow,  1868, died in London, 1928)\r\nMade in Glasgow","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Fireplace for the Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, ca.1904","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000","id":"AUTH352192"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Campbell, Marian, <font -u>An Introduction to Modern Ironwork</font>, London, HMSO, 1985.  p..24 ill.  ISBN. 0112904157"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Eric Turner in <font -u>British Art and Design 1900-1960</font>, ed. 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This fireplace in the exclusive 'Salon de Luxe' uses blocks of colour, stylised iron willow trees and white oval tiles, reflecting the theme of the room.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["CIRC.244-1963"],"accessionNumberNum":"244","accessionNumberPrefix":"CIRC","accessionYear":1963,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR3054","2019LR1477","2019LV7853"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-23","recordCreationDate":"2001-09-06","availableToBook":false}}