JW Anderson x Mackintosh x Angus Ross

A Collaboration.

Earlier this year we were sent a Charles Rennie Mackintosh stool dating from 1898. Over time the stool has developed a beautiful patina. This original stool had been commissioned by Miss Cranston for her first tearoom at 114 Argyle Street, Glasgow.

The stool now belongs to Jonathon Anderson, the UK’s leading fashion designer and Creative Director at Dior. He wondered if we would consider creating Re-Editions of the stool for his eponymous brand : JW Anderson?

The stool is a panelled design, with heart shaped cut-out handles and a lovely bum shaped comfortable seat. Angus could see how it was contructed (and how we could invisibly improve that) and that there had been various repairs over the years. The original stool (above) was one of five photographed in The Smoking Rooms (a male domain) situated above the Tearooms and Luncheon Rooms floors of Miss Cranston’s Argyle Street Tearoom.

We are making the stools in Scottish oak, in micro batches, and in three versions: natural oiled oak; our black Mackintosh finish; and hand-painted ivory white.

The stools are only available from JW Anderson online and in-store.

Jonathan Anderson is a multi-award winning fashion designer, and was Creative Director at Loewe for fourteen years before taking over as Creative Director at Dior this year (2025). You can listen to Jonathan Anderson’s fascinating life story in a recent edition of BBC Radio 4 This Cultural Life .

Jonathon Anderson’s eponymous brand ‘JW Anderson’ has shops in London and Milan. These have recently been re-branded to include a carefully curated collection of homeware products. He was awarded British Fashion Designer of the Year in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

You may also be interested in another Charles Rennie Mackintosh reproduction commission post : Ladderback Chairs for Mackintosh at the Willow.