DOI Heft:
No. 163 (October, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Taylor, J.: Modern decorative art at Glasgow: Some notes on Miss Cranston's Argyle Street tea house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0052
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 second glance or thought. But there is a high
shop, the poster, the book, with its printing, illus- gable-fronted house in dull grey rough casting,
trating, and binding, have all come under the spell designated "The Crown Lunch and Tea Rooms,"
of the new influence. Even
feminine attire has not es- _ _ ■ _ _ _ _
caped the attention of the Mfi^Sttttyjj^^^-X-v
modern artist ; with some ^^^^V-mH
recent schemes of decora-
tion he has indicated the ''^^^Sfll^^ff
mar the unity of the con- '. „"'-.„
There are critics who jp^j
sneer at this fidelity to an ~j HfiF~ 0*""~i U
idea, but they cannot ignore ' ■■r^f' i
it; they are like the woman
at the St. Louis Exposition, ^B^^ _^^JB^HB"pP|bl[-^iWj ^U^-tU'lit
who, showing her friend ji- — M ... '".•^B Hflff-'
round, stopped at one of ^^^bBl.
the German Arts and Crafts fMiiiiP~iB b
rooms, saying, ''This is the B^fiB 'JMllH
new art. I do not like it if^fe,* .a>Mm )fk lif
myself, but you cannot get
away from it." In the
straight, busy Glasgow
thoroughfare, Argyle Street,
there is enough of common-
place architecture, such
.,, , corner of smoking room at decorations by george walton
as one will hurry past miss cranston's tea house, furniture by c r. mackintosh
without the bestowal of a argyle street, Glasgow
32
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 second glance or thought. But there is a high
shop, the poster, the book, with its printing, illus- gable-fronted house in dull grey rough casting,
trating, and binding, have all come under the spell designated "The Crown Lunch and Tea Rooms,"
of the new influence. Even
feminine attire has not es- _ _ ■ _ _ _ _
caped the attention of the Mfi^Sttttyjj^^^-X-v
modern artist ; with some ^^^^V-mH
recent schemes of decora-
tion he has indicated the ''^^^Sfll^^ff
mar the unity of the con- '. „"'-.„
There are critics who jp^j
sneer at this fidelity to an ~j HfiF~ 0*""~i U
idea, but they cannot ignore ' ■■r^f' i
it; they are like the woman
at the St. Louis Exposition, ^B^^ _^^JB^HB"pP|bl[-^iWj ^U^-tU'lit
who, showing her friend ji- — M ... '".•^B Hflff-'
round, stopped at one of ^^^bBl.
the German Arts and Crafts fMiiiiP~iB b
rooms, saying, ''This is the B^fiB 'JMllH
new art. I do not like it if^fe,* .a>Mm )fk lif
myself, but you cannot get
away from it." In the
straight, busy Glasgow
thoroughfare, Argyle Street,
there is enough of common-
place architecture, such
.,, , corner of smoking room at decorations by george walton
as one will hurry past miss cranston's tea house, furniture by c r. mackintosh
without the bestowal of a argyle street, Glasgow
32