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Armchair

Description

Dark-stained oak armchair with panelled sides, pierced with a flying bird motif, and a drop-in seat of woven rush covered with chequered horsehair, from the Argyle Street Tearooms, Glasgow (probably used in the ground floor rooms), designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1898, and made at the workshop of Francis Smith, Glasgow, 1898 - 1899

Museum reference

K.1999.444

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Armchair

Production information

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868 - 1928, Designer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Smith, Francis, 1838 - 1921, Maker
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1897 - 1899

Materials

Oak, Rush, Horsehair

Physical description

Oak, rush, horsehair; stained; upholstered; pierced side panels

Associations

Argyle Street Tearooms
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

  • Design for Living (08 Jul 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

Roger Billcliffe, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs', Fourth Edition, Moffat, 2009, p.63

Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, 1979, p.48

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