Lot 24
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) FOR GUTHRIE & WELLS, GLASGOW
OAK PRESS CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1894
Auction: 15 June 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
the moulded and projecting cornice above twin doors with fielded panels and with applied decorative strap hinges, later handle (incomplete), over central drawer flanked by two short drawers, each with patinated steel drop handles, raised on short square legs
Dimensions
146.5cm wide, 185cm high, 43cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Walter W. Blackie and by descent, and from whom bought directly by the family of the present owner.
Literature: Billcliffe, Roger 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs', Moffatt 2009, p. 30, ill. 1894.3
Note: Billcliffe notes a similar example in cypress in his catalogue raisonné; left by William Davidson at his death but possibly previously owned by Mackintosh along with other furniture from his house at 78 Southpark Avenue. This example is now thought to be untraced (see illustration). The current lot is almost identical in form with strapwork hinges and other fittings and is the only other known example. The door handle has been replaced, presumably in the 1920s.