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120 MAINS STREET Mackintosh's influence, particularly in Germany and Austria, seems to have grown at the same time as he developed two main themes of his work. The first was the assimilation of a more fluid style, possibly influenced by the work of his wife Margaret, characterised by a delicacy of line and increasingly organic vocabulary. The second was a desire to break away from the usual associations of wood employing an all-enveloping hard white enamel that resulted in unified, graceful white interiors, such as that in the Mains St. bedroom.

A white painted oak bedroom table

DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH FOR 120 MAINS STREET, GLASGOW, 1900

Details

A white painted oak bedroom table
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for 120 Mains Street, Glasgow, 1900
Rectangular overhanging top above single drawer with drop handle, the front legs with raised linear detailing and pierced petal motifs, square section side stretchers
29in. (73.6cm.) high; 16¾in. (42.5cm.) wide; 10 7/8in. (27.6cm.) deep

Provenance

John Jesse, London, from 1968

Literature

Thomas Howarth, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, London, 1977, pl. 16C
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, New York, 1979, pp. 80 & 81, Cat. No. 1900.27

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