Charles Rennie Mackintosh
High-back armchair, 1898
Dark-stained oak
Made by Alex Martin
Made by Alex Martin
h. 54 1/4 in. (137,8 cm) - w. 24 5/8 in. (62,7 cm) - d. 18 in. (45,5 cm)
Further images
COLLECTION OF THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM
COLLECTION OF THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM
Provenance
Commissioned for Miss Cranston’s Argyle Street Tea Rooms - Morrison McChlery Auctioneer, Glasgow, ca. 1958 - Collection of Professor Thomas Howarth, Toronto, early 1960’s - Christie’s, London, 17th February 1994, lot 131 - Collection of Lord Richard Attenborough, purchased at the above sale - By descent to a British private collection after his death in 2014.Exhibitions
‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh’, School of Architecture, University of Toronto, 1967 - ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928’, Art Gallery of Ontario, 18th November - 31st December 1978 - ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect and Designer 1868-1928’, Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C., 26th June - 30th August 1985.Literature
‘The Studio’, volume XXXIX, 1907, pages 32-33 - Filippo Alison, ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a designer of chairs’, London, 1978, page 30 - Roger Billcliffe, ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh : The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs’, London, 2009, pages 56-57, number 1898.28.