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

Details

A dark stained oak 'Domino' table
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the Argyle Street Tea rooms, Glasgow, 1898
Circular top above quartered lower shelving, the four plank supports flaring at the base, separated by stretchers
30 3/8in. (77cm.) high; 25¼in. (64cm.) approximate maximum width

Provenance

Paul Reeves, London, 1996

Literature

The Studio, Vol. XXXIX, 1906, pp. 32 & 33
Thomas Howarth, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, London, 1977, plates 49b, 51c
Glasgow School of Art, Furniture, Some examples of Funiture by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the Glasgow School of Art Collection, Glasgow, 1968, Cat. No. 12
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, New York, 1979, p. 46, Cat. No. 1897.22

Exhibited

Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, Travelling Exhibition in Japan, 15th September 2000 - 18th February 2001, p. 57, Cat. No. 31

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This design was first conceived for Miss Cranston's Argyle Street Tea rooms in 1898 and later used in her Ingram Street Tea rooms of 1911.
There are examples of this table in the collections of the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

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