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Lot 2
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Rennie Mackintosh
  • An Important and Rare Ladder-Back Armchair from the Dug-Out at Miss Cranston's Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
  • ebonized wood and fabric upholstery

the slip seat with the original English oak frame

Provenance

The Dug-Out, Miss Cranston's Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 1917
Grosvenor Restaurant, Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Thomas Howarth, Toronto, Canada
Christie's London, The Dr. Thomas Howarth Collection, February 17, 1994, lot 142
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Thomas Howarth, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928: A Memorial Exhibition, Ontario, 1978, p. 33, cat. no. 107
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, third ed., London, 1986, p. 238, cat. no. 1917.36
William Buchanan, et al., Mackintosh's Masterwork:  Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art, San Francisco, 1989, p. 172

Catalogue Note

The present lot is one of only two known examples of this model from this important commission.  The other is in the collection of the Glasgow School of Art.