~ Mackintosh at the Willow ~
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.
The work involved team-work collaboration with Rab MacInnes, John Creed and Alan Dawson
I also contributed to 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.
Exterior, Mackintosh at the Willow
Front Salon: New Entrance Screen
Front Salon Entrance Screen, Detail
Entrance Screen, finished, on the studio bench
Making the Front Entrance Screen
External Signs waiting to be installed
Back Salon: Slender Mirror and Enamel Panels
Back Salon: Six slender Mirror Panels before installation
Back Salon: Research for Slender Mirror Panels
Stairs: I restored the glass in the stairwell, and hung the glass beads in the lower salon stairs
Salon de Luxe: View from the corridor, showing a Chandelier, the Wall Panels and the new doors
Salon de Luxe: Detail of the chandeliers during installation
Salon de Luxe: I wrapped every crystal ball in the chandeliers with copper wire
Salon de Luxe: View from under the Chandeliers during installation
Salon de Luxe: View from the scaffold, showing the relationship between the walls, the chandeliers and he doors
Salon de Luxe: Detail of the original wall panels. I removed approx 1/3rd of them for conservation, and carefully cleaned them all
Salon de Luxe: Detailed layout of the Chandeliers. My analysis from the original Annan photographs
Billiard Room: I selected, cut and installed the blue glass in the door
"Our" doors, "our" chandeliers, and the wall panels which I fully conserved
Salon de lux
Salon de Lux
Salon de Lux
Salon de Lux
Salon de Lux
