This “regal” seat was conceived as a chair for the manager of Miss Cranston’s Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. The seat was in such a position to visibly divide the space into two environments. The “graphic” motif of the small squares on the curved back is a stylised representation of a willow, which gives its name to the Tea Rooms. According to Nikolaus Pevsner, the Willow Tea Rooms represented “the European counterpart of Frank Lloyd Wright”, making Mackintosh “one of the few genuine precursors of Le Corbusier”.
