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In 1896, Kate Cranston, the pioneer of Glasgow tea rooms in the late nineteenth century, commissioned Charles Rennie MackintoshÂwho would become one of the Western worlds most renowned designersÂto design her tea rooms, and over the next two decades he did so with dazzling inventiveness. (MackintoshÂs wife, Margaret, herself anâŠ
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The story of Britainâs tearooms is often thought to have begun in London but it was Stuart Cranston and his sister Kate in Glasgow who were responsible for opening Scotlandâs first public tearooms. This lovely book explores the very beginnings when Stuart Cranstonâs decided to install a few tables and chairs at his tea retail store in 1875 so that customers could taste teas before buying. Kate followed suit but added her own distinctive style by employing Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife to design the now world-famous Willow Tea Rooms. The charming story links inextricably with tea, Glasgow, art,âŠ
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