Lot 214
AFTER CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH FOR MARSH, JONES CRIBB & CO.
MAHOGANY 'ARGYLE' TYPE CHAIR, CIRCA 1900
Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860
Auction: 11 April 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the oval top rail pierced with bird motif above drop-in seat and square tapered legs, bears maker's label under seat
Dimensions
49cm wide, 111cm high, 41cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Billcliffe, Roger, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs', Moffatt 2009, pp 61-62
Note: Billcliffe alludes to "six smaller variants" of the high backed Argyle Street tea Room chair, designed by Mackintosh for Miss Cranston in 1898, two of which bear the Marsh, Jones Cribb & Co. label. Billcliffe goes on to suggest that as the firm only existed from 1897-1904 it is likely that that they had seen the larger chairs, either in Glasgow or at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in 1899, and amended the design to this smaller version.