Chairs designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and made especially for a famous tea room are being sold at auction valued at more than £10,000.
The pair of ebonised oak chairs, which date from 1903, are going under the hammer in Edinburgh next month.
They were made for Miss Cranston's Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow but are being sold by a private seller.
Kate Cranston was one of Mackintosh's most consistent patrons and between 1897 and 1917 he designed or restyled rooms in all four of her Glasgow tea rooms.
The chairs, valued at £10-15,000 will be part of auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull's Scottish Design sale being held on August 13.
John Mackie, director and head of decorative arts, said: "The chairs were used by Mackintosh to divide the space in the tea rooms and form an intimate environment within a much larger space.
"The chairs' design is informed by vernacular 'ladder back' chairs from the past; however Mackintosh has taken this traditional chair form and made it his own.
"The simplicity of line and striking black colour juxtaposed with the traditional rushed seat creates a powerful visual impact and makes this chair one of Mackintosh's most recognisable designs."
The private London-based seller said: "I feel that I have been extraordinarily lucky as I was given the chairs by a friend when I was 21 years old, in the early 1960's.
"Since then I have used them every day, but after some careful thought and discussions with my wife, we have decided to sell the chairs as we would like others to enjoy them as much as we have."
The Willow Tea Rooms in the city's Sauchiehall Street remain a major attraction.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article