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Menu card design for Miss Cranston's The Red Lion Café

Frances Macdonald MacNair, 1911

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Menu card design for Miss Cranston's The Red Lion Café at the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1911. The design uses the lines and visual language of the Glasgow Style and is based around the image of the Scottish thistle with the arm of the chair taking the form of a single rampant red lion derived from the Royal Banner of Scotland. The tripartite layout includes a front page featuring a themed figure and foliage, the back page lists the tearoom suppliers.

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Title of artwork, date

Menu card design for Miss Cranston's The Red Lion Café, 1911

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Pencil & watercolour on vellum

Dimensions

21 x 31 cm

Grant

6000

Total cost

12500

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