FURNITURE saved from the fire which devastated the world famous Mackintosh building is to go back on public display.

It has been moved to a newly created furniture gallery in Glasgow School of Art's Reid Building and will form part of Mackintosh tours from Sunday.

The pieces, which were previously on show in the Mackintosh Room and furniture gallery in the east wing of the historic building, were saved from destruction by fire fighters and have been in storage for the last seven months.

Now 20 pieces, including chairs, a linen press, a bookcase, a master and slave clock and two rarely seen panels by Mackintosh's wife Margo Macdonald will go on display in the new Reid building.

The public will be able to visit the new furniture gallery as part of organised tours led by one of the art school's expert student guides from February 1.

Art school Mackintosh curator Peter Trowles said: "It is widely recognised that Charles Rennie Mackintosh's design for the Glasgow School of Art was unique and innovative, not only the physical building but the fixtures, fittings and furniture as well.

"In 1910, Mackintosh provided designs for a series of simple, wooden, wall-mounted clocks to be used in the studios and in the more public areas of the building. This was to be one of his last ever designs for the school.

"Significantly, the wall 'slave' clocks were electrically run from the central 'master' clock which relied upon the very latest technology of the day - a pulse operated mechanism manufactured by the important Glasgow firm of Dykes Brothers."

Sadly, a number of other slave clocks were lost in the fire last May but the majority were saved, including examples in both the east and west wings of the building.

Specialist horologist Nick Sanders will re-connect the master with one of the slaves so visitors can see how the system, which was ground-breaking in its time, worked.

Visitors will also be able to see two embroidered panels by Margo Macdonald which are rarely exhibited. The last time they were on public display was when they were loaned out for an exhibition in Japan in 2012.

Tour co-ordinator Juliet Fellows-Smith said: "Mackintosh was an important Glasgow Style designer in her own right as well as working in partnership with Mackintosh."

For further information and to book a tour visit go to www.gsa.ac.uk/visit-gsa/mackintosh-at-the-gsa-tour/timetables-tickets/