DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH, CIRCA 1900

Details

A metal and leaded glass hanging shade
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, circa 1900
Square section, domed overhanging top, each side with petal motif in blue leaded glass
6½in. (16.5cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Thomas Howarth, Toronto
Christie's London, 17th February 1994, Lot 132

Literature

Thomas Howarth, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, London, 1977, pl. 50, fig. A
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, New York, 1979, pl. D.1897.38, pl. 1900.G and pl. 1906C, D, E&F
Gerald and Celia Larner, The Glasgow Style, Edinburgh, 1979, p. 76, design of Musician's lamp illustrated

Exhibited

Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Works from the Collection of Professor Thomas Howarth, Toronto, 1967, Cat. No. 36
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) Memorial Exhibition, Toronto, 18 November-31 December 1978, p. 111
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect and Designer from the Collection of Dr. Thomas Howarth, Washington, 1985, Cat. No. 36
Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, Travelling Exhibition in Japan, 15th September 2000 - 18th February 2001, p. 87, Cat. No. 66

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Used extensively at Mackintosh's flat at 120 Mains Street, Glasgow, where they were originally covered gas lights. Mackintosh removed them to his house at 18 Southpark Avenue in 1906 where they were used with electric fittings. Similar designs were also used at the White Room of the Ingram Street Tea Rooms in 1900. Several other examples are in the collection at the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow.

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