charles rennie machintosh

Mackintosh employed the bold and simple geometric forms that have now become so identified with his chairs and tables. His work is easily recognisable, with his frequent use of motifs such as the stylised Glasgow rose, seen in so many of his projects, that embodies his pursuit of simplicity, symbolism and abstraction. He used mediums such as glass, lead, metals, wood, ceramics and textiles in his designs for such diverse items as furniture, doors, windows and cutlery. Mackintosh designed churches, a number of the spectacular Cranston tearooms in Glasgow, numerous private homes, schools and offices, as well as interiors and the metalwork, stained glass, textiles and furniture that inhabited his spaces. He believed in furniture that was truly practical and functional and that it should relate intrinsically to the architecture to make a cohesive whole