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A PAIR OF METAL LIGHT FITTINGS DESIGNED BY MACKAY HUGH BAILLIE SCOTT, 1897
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A PAIR OF METAL LIGHT FITTINGS DESIGNED BY MACKAY HUGH BAILLIE SCOTT, 1897

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A PAIR OF METAL LIGHT FITTINGS
DESIGNED BY MACKAY HUGH BAILLIE SCOTT, 1897
designed for Glencrutchery House, Isle of Man, arched form with stems of heart shaped foliage, cross bar with hooked terminal, the sweeping stem with flaring sconce, painted in gilt
21.25in (54cm) high (2)

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These light fittings were designed by Baillie Scott for the dining room of Glencrutchery House, Douglas 1897-1898. In the same year he was also commissioned by the Grand Duke of Hesse to redecorate and furnish both the dining room and drawing room in the Ducal palace, Darmstadt. The metalwork was produced under the supervision of C.R. Ashbee at the Guild of Handicraft.