CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
Argyle Chair
Cassina publisher, circa 1970, after a drawing from 1898. Blackened oak and Kasai velvet.
High. 136 x Depth 53 x Width. 42cm
Biography
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) was a Scottish architect and designer, a central figure of the Glasgow Style. His furniture is characterized in particular by graphic structures, high backs, and a close dialogue between architecture and interior decoration.
Literature
Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, 1979.
Institutional reference
The Musée d'Orsay has a high-back chair of the Argyle Street type, designed around 1898. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
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