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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1868 - 1928
IMPORTANT DINING TABLE
Produced at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
American red walnut, inlaid mother-of-pearl
73 by 183 by 120cm.; 28 3/4 by 72 by 47 1/4 in.
Executed circa 1918-1919.
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American red walnut, inlaid mother-of-pearl
73 by 183 by 120cm.; 28 3/4 by 72 by 47 1/4 in.
Executed circa 1918-1919.
Provenance
Harry F.R. Franklin
Mrs H.F.R. Franklin, Northampton and Radwell
Mrs H.F.R. Franklin, Northampton and Radwell
Literature
'Ancient and Modern', Ideal Home, October, 1920, n.p., fig. 6
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Drawings & Interior Designs, London, 2009, p.303, fig. 1918.6C, illustrated
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Drawings & Interior Designs, London, 2009, p.303, fig. 1918.6C, illustrated
Catalogue Note
The present lot is a rare example of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's designs in the later years of his career, displaying the Artist at perhaps his most modern. Produced for Harry Franklin, director of the engineering firm of W.J.Bassett-Lowke in Northampton, this table is a close variant of an oak dining room suite also designed by Mackintosh for Bassett-Lowke’s own country home, Candida Cottage, Roade in 1918-19. Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke, one of Mackintosh’s most important clients at the time, was founder member of the Design and Industries Association, and had a keen interest in modern, progressive design. Bassett-Lowke must have promoted the furniture Mackintosh had designed as two further sets were made, including one for Basset-Lowke's brother F. Jones and the present lot. The original design for this table for Candida Cottage was produced in oak and inlaid with Radolith.
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