Lot 259
AFTER CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH
NEAR PAIR OF ASH EASY CHAIRS, CONTEMPORARY
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Auction: 23 October 2019 at 11:00 BST
£525
Description
manufactured by Bruce Hamilton, Glasgow, each with upholstered back and seat with broad tapered armrests and curved supports, bears maker's label
Dimensions
75.5 and 68.5cm wide, 69cm high, 72cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Billcliffe, Roger 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs', Cameron & Hollis, 2009, p. 224, pl. D1905.21 and 21A
Note: The design of this chair was taken from two Mackintosh drawings for chairs of around 1905, neither of which were commissioned. The drawings could possibly have been prototype sketches for the resulting 'Easy Chair' for the drawing room at the Hill House, Helensburgh (1905.20).