A PAIR OF STAINED OAK SLAT-BACK SIDE CHAIRS

DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH FOR THE ARGYLE STREET TEA ROOMS, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1898

细节

A PAIR OF STAINED OAK SLAT-BACK SIDE CHAIRS
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Circa 1898
The backrest with vertical slats, serpentine crestrail with cut out carrying handle, the brass tacked padded seat with arched seatrail
38¼in. (97.1cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

This model, commissioned by Miss Cranston, is thought to be a variant of the original design, serving as a replacement for damaged chairs.
cf. The Studio, Volume XXXIX, 1906, pp. 32 and 34; Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, 1979, p. 24, Cat. No. 1897.26