Tea table

Description

Square oak tea table with an inner compartment and central removeable lid with a turned handle and four rings, from the Ingram Street Tearooms in Glasgow, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and probably made by John Craig, Glasgow, 1909, for either the Oval Room or the Ladies' Rest Room

Museum reference

K.1999.443

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Tea table

Production information

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868 - 1928, Designer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Craig, John, 1904 - 1909 (fl.), Furniture maker
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1909

Materials

Oak

Physical description

Oak

Associations

Ingram Street Tearooms
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Design for Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Mackintosh and Others: aspects of the George Smith Collection (08 Jun 1988 - 08 Oct 1988)

References

Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, 1979

C. J. Allan, P. Robertson, Mackintosh & Others: aspects of the George Smith collection, (Hunterian Art Gallery exhibition catalogue), 1988, cat. 58

On display

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