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Cameron, L. (2026, October 2). Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed lantern to be sold at auction. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lyon-glasgow-edinburgh-britain-german-b1299293.html
Cameron, Lucinda. “Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed lantern to be sold at auction.” Evening Standard, 2 Oct. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lyon-glasgow-edinburgh-britain-german-b1299293.html.
Cameron, Lucinda. “Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed lantern to be sold at auction.” Evening Standard, October 2, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lyon-glasgow-edinburgh-britain-german-b1299293.html.
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A "rare and beautiful" lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is set to be sold at auction in November 2023, along with other items including a ladderback chair he created for Miss Cranston’s Willow Tearooms. The lantern can be seen hanging in the White Dining Room (also known as the Ladies’ Luncheon Room) on Ingram Street, which Mackintosh completed in 1901. Another similar lantern was part of the reconstruction of this room for a traveling Mackintosh exhibition organized by Glasgow Museums in 1996, highlighting its historical significance.
The ladderback chair, designed in 1903 for the Willow Tearooms’ Sauchiehall Street location, is expected to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at the auction. John Mackie of Lyon & Turnbull, the auction house handling these items, noted that this chair represents a successful treatment by Mackintosh of a traditional form, reflecting his influence on British design in the early 20th century.
