A pair of oak armchairs
A pair of oak armchairs

THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO MACKAY HUGH BAILLIE SCOTT, CIRCA 1903

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A pair of oak armchairs
The design attributed to Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, circa 1903
Curved triangular seat with deep apron, gently concave tapering slat back, tapering square-section uprights forming the front legs, shaped armrests
32½in. (82½cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XII & Vol. XIII, 1903/4, p. 237 similar chair illustrated
James D. Kornwolf, M.H. Baillie Scott and the Arts and Crafts Movement, London, 1972, p. 328 (fig. 157) and p. 329 (figs. 158)

The production of this design by the Dresdener Werkstätten fr Handwerkskunst is recorded in the photo archives of the DWH, dated 1903. Chairs to the same design were exhibited at the Heirat and Hausrat exhibition in Dresden, 1903, in natural oak for a bedroom and in black stained oak enlivened by mother-of-pearl and pine inlay for a lady's sitting room. (reproduced: Klaus-Peter Arnold, Vom Sofakissen zum Städtebau, Dresden, 1993, p. 57).

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