Description
shown in elevation and plan, dated 1909 and prepared for the Card Room, Hous’hill, inscribed and dated 4 BLYTHSWOOD SQUARE, GLASGOW. AUGUST 1909, and inscribed upper left THE HOUS’HILL, NITSHILL FOR JOHN COCHRANE ESQ. DETAILS OF CHAIRS FOR CARD ROOM, DRAWING NO. 48, with scale indications and notes, pen, black ink and wash on linen
Dimensions
46 x 64cm (18 1/4 x 25in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Herbert Smith Esq.
Dr. Thomas Howarth
Christies, London 'The Dr. Thomas Howarth Collection',17th February 1994, Lot 119
Exhibited:
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928', 1978, no. 128
Literature:
Billcliffe, Roger 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs', Moffatt 2009, p. 245, ill. p. 246, no.1909.4A
Note:
A working drawing for lot 85 by one of Mackintosh's assistants, possibly A Graham Henderson, later senior partner of Mackintosh's firm. The easy chair shown in the drawing is untraced and may never have been made.