DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH FOR THE ARGYLE STREET TEA ROOMS, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1898

This model, commissioned by Miss Cranston, is thought to be a variant of the original design, serving as a replacement for damaged chairs.
cf. The Studio, Volume XXXIX, 1906, pp. 32 and 34; Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, 1979, p. 24, Cat. No. 1897.26