The Scottish School was a group of artists and designers who established a new and strikingly modern style in the 1880s. They worked in Glasgow and Edinburgh creating decorative schemes in which architecture, interior design, furniture and fittings harmonised. They aimed to produce objects and environments that were suited to contemporary cosmopolitan life. The Scottish School style was fashionable from 1885 to 1915.
Fireplace
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
About 1904
Iron, with ceramic tile surround
Museum no. CIRC.244-1963
Yellow Clover
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1901
Pencil and watercolour
Museum no. E.844-1968
Collar Jessie Newberry About 1900 Silk-embroidered linen, with beads and appliqué Museum no. T.65-1953
The Persephone Chalice
Cup and cover
Phoebe Anna Traquair (designer and maker)
Henry Tatton (silversmith)
1914-1915
Emu egg, with silver mounts set with enamel
Museum no. M.188-1976