The week before the fire that destroyed his Glasgow School of Art, the 150th anniversary of the designer's birth was celebrated with a preview of the £10m restoration of the Willow Tea Rooms.

Image caption, 'The Willow Tearooms' on Sauchiehall street is Kate Cranston's most famous tearoom. It is still open to the public today. Sauchiehall street inspired the tearoom's name and design ...