An ebonised oak ladderback chair
An ebonised oak ladderback chair

DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH FOR MISS CRANSTON'S WILLOW STREET TEA ROOMS, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1903

细节
An ebonised oak ladderback chair
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Willow Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow, circa 1903
High slatted back with original drop-in rush seat
41in. (104.2cm.) high
The underside of the seat is numbered 22, the frame is numbered 88
来源
Private collection.

拍品专文

Designed in 1903, 137 of these chairs were delivered to the Willow Tea Rooms. The vast majority were quickly modified by the addition of a top slat at the back to prevent damage to the top bowed slat through constant lifting, probably without the involvement of Mackintosh. Only a very few examples survive without this addition.