Images from the Salon de Luxe at the original Willow Tea Rooms Building.
The famous Salon de Luxe is located on the first floor of the tea rooms, above the Front Saloon and below the Billiard Room. The significance of this room has been emphasised by adding the bow window and distinctive, eye catching glass panels. The bow window also serves to push the first-floor façade forward, projecting it beyond the exterior wall to create additional space within the room and providing extra light. Light is a key element in all of Mackintosh’s designs, but the Salon de Luxe exemplifies this magnificently.
The Salon was maintained rather well in comparison to some of the other spaces in the tearooms as it had been used as a tearooms and also as a bridal suite from trying on wedding dresses when the building was used as Dalys Department Store.
