Description
Book SynopsisMiss Kate Cranston opened four Glasgow Tea Rooms at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th, including the famous Willow Tea Rooms. Ahead of her time, Miss Cranston ensured that her Rea Rooms were designed and furnished by talented young artists like Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Miss Cranston: Patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh was first published in 1999 and is long out of print. It is being reissued to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This new edition has some rewriting and updating; it is in a larger format; it now has around 60 colour+black&white photographs and illustrations.
Trade Review' … Perilla Kinchen reveals Miss Cranston's 'successful formula' and eccentric characteristics in an engaging style which entices readers to continue.' Scottish Field (online)
Table of ContentsForeword
Introduction
1. Growing up in George Square: the family hotels
2. 'A cup of Kaisow 2d, bread and cakes extra': the first tea rooms
3. Making a name: Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms
4. New art 'weirdry': Miss Cranston, Walton and Mackintosh
5. A new century: the Willow Tea Room
6. 'A real patron and friend'" more jobs for Mackintosh
7. 'Everyone knows Miss Cranston': a Glasgow personality
8. Back in George Square: the last years and the legacy
Epilogue: Recovery and restoration
Select Bibliography and sources
Index
