A LADDERBACK CHAIR, CIRCA 1916-17

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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
A LADDERBACK CHAIR, CIRCA 1916-17
for W. J. Bassett-Lowke, 13 Kingswell Street, Northampton, mahogany with upholstered seat
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high

Provenance

W. J. Bassett-Lowke;
Mr Cave, Northampton, thence by descent;
Sotheby's London, 21 October 1988, lot 95;
Sotheby's London, 27 September 2007, lot 424;
From where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

R. Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, Moffat, 2009, p. 288, 1916.55.

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Lot Essay

This chair was designed for W. J. Bassett-Lowke, a manufacturer of models, for 13 Kingswell Street, Northampton (see Billcliffe op. cit.). The chair was sold to Mr Cave, owing to a shortage of space and then left to his daughter, who wrote a letter regarding the provenance, a copy of which is offered with this lot.

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