International studio (30.1906/1907(1907))

Modern Decorative Art at Glasgow


CORNER OF LUNCHEON ROOM AT MISS CRANSTON’S DECORATIONS BY GEORGE WALTON
TEA HOUSE, ARGYLE STREET, GLASGOW FURNITURE BY C. R. MACKINTOSH


church, the school, the house, the restaurant, the
shop, the poster, the book, with its printing, illus-
trating, and binding, have all come under the spell
of the new influence. Even
feminine attire has not es-
caped the attention of the
modern artist; with some
recent schemes of decora-
tion he has indicated the
design and colour of the
gowns to be worn, so that
no disturbing element might
mar the unity of the con-
ception.
There are critics who
sneer at this fidelity to an
idea, but they cannot ignore
it; they are like the woman
at the St. Louis Exposition,
who, showing her friend
round, stopped at one of
the German Arts and Crafts
rooms, saying, “This is the
new art. I do not like it
myself, but you cannot get
away from it.” In the
straight, busy Glasgow
thoroughfare, Argyle Street,
there is enough of common-
place architecture, such
as one will hurry past
without the bestowal of a

second glance or thought. But there is a high
gable-fronted house in dull grey rough casting,
designated “The Crown Lunch and Tea Rooms,”

CORNER OF SMOKING ROOM AT
miss cranston’s tea house,
ARGYLE STREET, GLASGOW

DECORATIONS BY GEORGE WALTON
FURNITURE BY C. R. MACKINTOSH

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