KEY POINTS
- walk around the network in the sub-basement, could take you for miles- very interesting.
- The Mackintosh room was the original Board Room but the Director ordered there to be a new 'more manly' Board Room built when the second half was completed. The Mackintosh room was seen to be too feminine as it was painted white which was traditionally seen as the colour of Drawing Rooms which were used by women.
- The Art School was run on a Pyramidal Hierarchy, with the Director having final say on every matter, no matter what anyone else thinks. To this day the School is still run like this.
- At Board Meetings the Board members were made to feel small as the table was much taller that the chairs so they felt like children with infantile ideas. The Chairman, however, was sitting on a dais so he was taller and more important than the rest.
- There has been paintings which superbly show this. (anyone help with the names of these please?)
- General construction of Mackintosh furniture was poor. It depended on who the clients were, what standard of workmanship they received. The Art School didn't care as long as it served its purpose so very few original pieces of furniture still exist in working order. N.B.this is especially seen in the library where only half a dozen of the originally spindle chairs exists- they were quickly replaced by chairs from one of the old tea rooms.
- What is now Registry, used to be Luncheon Rooms, one side was for females the other for men. N.B. Seemingly if you go into the offices you can still see their potential as tearooms.
- The Directors office has its own private Studio space and Painting Hoist.
- Alex (welkie???) , who was in the Ceramics department, seemingly left the Kiln on when going for a refreshment and burnt a hole through the floor!
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