Stencil, 1896-1897 (card, paint)

E.1984.32.8 DRAWINGS stencil Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (designer); Guthrie & Wells (maker) Scotland, Glasgow, Buchanan Street, Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms (place associated); Scotland, Glasgow (place made) 1896-1897 card, paint Glasgow Style overall: 555 mm x 330 mm Stencil card for a decorative wall scheme, probably for Miss Cranston's Buchanan Street Tea Rooms. Brown card, irregularly cut with black paint. Cut-out areas are of a stylised organic form and two small half-circles divided by wavy lines, these shapes are edged with black paint from execution. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh about 1896-7, made and executed by Guthrie & Wells, 1897.