~ Willow Tea Rooms Trust ~
In 2018, I was asked by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust to help Conserve and Restore the original Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchihall Street, Glasgow. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1903.
My original brief was to fully conserve any original leaded glass work, but as the project progressed I also got involved with the wire-wrapping and hanging of the two lead-crystal chandeliers in the Salon-de-Luxe.
I was also involved with the historical research and group discussions to consider the original schemes and layout of the Tea Rooms, as much of it had been removed over the years.
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Exterior, Mackintosh at the Willow
Front Salon: New Entrance Screen
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Front Salon Entrance Screen, Detail
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Making the Front Entrance Screen
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Back Salon: Slender Mirror and Enamel Panels
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Back Salon: Six slender Mirror Panels before installation
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Back Salon: Research for Slender Mirror Panels
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Salon de Luxe: View from the corridor, showing a Chandelier, the Wall Panels and the new doors
Salon de Luxe: View from under the Chandeliers during installation
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Salon de Luxe: Detailed layout of the Chandeliers. My analysis from the original Annan photographs
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Salon de Luxe: Detail of the chandeliers during installation
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Salon de Luxe: I wrapped every crystal ball in the chandeliers with copper wire
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Salon de Luxe: View from the scaffold, showing the relationship between the walls, the chandeliers and he doors
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Salon de Luxe: Detail of the original wall panels. I removed approx 1/3rd of them for conservation, and carefully cleaned them all
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Stairs: I restored the glass in the stairwell, and hung the glass beads in the lower salon stairs
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Billiard Room: I selected, cut and installed the blue glass in the door
