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Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

  • DC 073
  • Collection
  • c1940s-2010s

Includes

  • a selection of Christmas cards and other ephemera collected by Conrad McKenna, a former student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, plus typed and handwritten materials used by McKenna to deliver teaching at The Glasgow School of Art
  • correspondence between Conrad McKenna and The Glasgow School of Art and members of staff, and correspondence and printed ephemera regarding The San Gimignano Summer School.

The cards and ephemera have been created by former Glasgow School of Art staff and students and friends of Conrad McKenna, including Gordon Huntly, Rosalind Bliss, Michael Moulder, Peter Sumsion, Michael Healey, Mark Severin and James Cosgrove.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

McKenna, Conrad

Drawings and Plans: Miscellaneous & Unidentified Material, including Metzstein- and MacMillan-specific items

Bound booklet contains

Robinson College, Cambridge

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/1: Cover with the title Robinson's College
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/2: Title page: 'Proposal for Robinson College'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/3: Consultancy team listed with names
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/4: Text: 'mission statement' about the project
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/5: Text: Proposal for Robinson College
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/6: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/7: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/8: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/9: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/10: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/11: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/12: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/13: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/14: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/15: Text: Proposal for Robinson College continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/16: Strategy plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/17: Vehicular and pedestrian circulation plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/18: Statistics plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/19: Communal accommodation; ground and lower ground floors
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/20: Conference facilities, en suite front court
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/21: Basic room axionometric elevation
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/22: Sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/23: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/24: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/25: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/26: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/27: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/28: Floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/29: Plain page with decoration

Newbery Tower, Glasgow School of Art

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/30: Front elevation to Renfrew Street 1:100
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/31: Section though staff lounge 1:100
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/32: Cross section though staff lounge with elevation of back wall 1:100
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/33: View from staff lounge looking towards Mackintosh building 1:100
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/34: Axionometric view showing proposed upgrading
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/35: Cross section though staff lounge looking towards Mackintosh building 1:100

Wadham College, Oxford

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/36: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/37: Text: Development plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/38: Text: Proposals
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/39: Text: Proposals continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/40: Ground floor plan 1" to 8'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/41: Basement plan 1" to 8'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/42: First floor plan 1" to 8'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/43: Second and top floor plans 1" to 8'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/44: Sections 1" to 8'
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/45: College site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/46: Text: Eastern site development description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/47: Text: Eastern site development description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/48: Text: Eastern site development description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/49: Text: key
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/50: Ground level plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/51: First reading level plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/52: Second reading level and main entrance
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/53: First reading level, law library and Iranian section
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/54: Fourth level library court, residential
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/55: Fifth level library court, upper residential
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/56: Cross section though library

Morris Garage site development

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/57: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/58: Text: proposal
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/59: Text: proposal continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/60: Axionometric view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/61: Site plan 1:400
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/62: Ground floor plan 1: 200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/63: First floor plan 1: 200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/64: Top floor plan 1: 200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/65: Elevations 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/66: Sections and elevations A and B 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/67: Sections and elevations C and D 1:200

St Aldate's, Oxford

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/68: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/69: Text: proposal
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/70: Text: proposal continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/71: Text: proposal continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/72: (1) Site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/73: (1) Site plan, as existing
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/74: (3) Site plan, as proposed
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/75: (4) Ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/76: (5) First floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/77: (6) Second floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/78: (7) Roof plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/79: (8) Elevation to St Aldate's and section and elevation to West Quad
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/80: (9) Section and elevation to Quad and elevation to Rose Place
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/81: (10) Section though quad entrance from St Aldate's and section though Quad and squash court access
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/82: (11) Typical sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/83: (12) Typical elevations
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/84: (13) Typical flat plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/85: (14) conversion of 91 St Aldate's, ground, first and second floor
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/86: (15) conversion of 90 St Aldate's, ground and first floor
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/87: (15A) conversion of 89 St Aldate's, ground and first floor
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/88: (16) Analysis of accommodation
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/89: (17) Aerial view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/90: (18) Oblique aerial view from St Aldate's
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/91: (19) View to quad from St Aldate's
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/92: page with scale/rule (decorative?)

Commercial Development Buchanan Street, Glasgow

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/93: Elevation to Buchanan Street 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/94: Elevation to Gordon Street 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/95: Elevation
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/96: Sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/97: Fifth floor plan 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/98: Second floor plan 1:200

Round Riding Development, Dumbarton

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/99: Elevations: west , east, south and north (copied backwards)
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/100: layout plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/101: plans and sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/102: ground floor plan

BOAC shop and offices, Buchanan Street, Glasgow

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/103: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/104: ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/105: elevation from Buchanan Street
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/106: section

Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/107: Plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/108: Section AA and BB
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/109: Site plan

Bellshill Maternity Hospital

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/110: site plan

University of Hull, The Lawns residence

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/111: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/112: lower ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/113: ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/114: first floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/115: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/116: block plan

Stantonbury Six, Milton Keynes

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/117: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/118: Text: proposal
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/119: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/120: plan, sections and elevations

RC Church of St Paul, Glenrothes

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/121: Text: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/122: Text: project description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/123: elevation
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/124: plan

RC Church of St Bride, East Kilbride

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/125: Text: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/126: Text: project description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/127: Plan

RC Seminary St Peter's, Cardross

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/128: Text: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/129: Text: project description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/130: Text: project description continued
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/131: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/132: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/133: sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/134: back cover

Loose pages:

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/135: Lawns Halls of Residence, University of Hull: lower ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/136: Lawns Halls of Residence, University of Hull: ground floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/137: Lawns Halls of Residence, University of Hull: first floor plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/138: Notre Dame College of Education: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/139: Notre Dame College of Education: block plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/140: Stantonbury Six Housing, Milton Keynes: title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/141: Stantonbury Six Housing, Milton Keynes: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/142: Stantonbury Six Housing, Milton Keynes: site plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/143: Stantonbury Six Housing, Milton Keynes: block plan and elevations
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/144: Morris Garage Site Development: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/145: Morris Garage Site Development: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/146: Morris Garage Site Development: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/147: Morris Garage Site Development: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/148: Morris Garage Site Development: axonometric view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/149: Morris Garage Site Development: ground floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/150: Morris Garage Site Development: first floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/151: Morris Garage Site Development: ground floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/152: Morris Garage Site Development: top floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/153: Morris Garage Site Development: sections A & B and elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/154: Morris Garage Site Development: sections C & D and elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/155: Morris Garage Site Development: elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/156: Morris Garage Site Development: site plan, 1:400
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/157: Morris Garage Site Development: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/158: Morris Garage Site Development: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/159: Morris Garage Site Development: elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/160: Morris Garage Site Development: sections C & D and elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/161: Morris Garage Site Development: top floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/162: Morris Garage Site Development: ground floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/163: Morris Garage Site Development: first floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/164: Morris Garage Site Development: ground floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/165: Morris Garage Site Development: axonometric view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/166: Morris Garage Site Development: Title page
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/167: Morris Garage Site Development: sections A & B and elevations, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/168: Morris Garage Site Development: site plan, 1:400

Drafts for booklet:

  • GKC/MISC/3/18/169: Morris Garage Site Development: axonometric detail
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/170: Morris Garage Site Development: project description
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/171: Morris Garage Site Development: ground floor plan, 1:200
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/172: Morris Garage Site Development: part plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/173: Morris Garage Site Development: detail
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/174: Morris Garage Site Development: elevations
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/175: Morris Garage Site Development: elevation and sections
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/176: Morris Garage Site Development: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/177: Morris Garage Site Development: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/178: Morris Garage Site Development: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/179: Morris Garage Site Development: part plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/180: Morris Garage Site Development: axonometric view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/181: Morris Garage Site Development: part axonometric view
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/182: Morris Garage Site Development: plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/183: Morris Garage Site Development: elevations
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/184: Morris Garage Site Development: part plan
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/185: Morris Garage Site Development: sections and elevations
  • GKC/MISC/3/18/186: Morris Garage Site Development: plan

*Not available / given

The Architectural Competition

Includes:

  • Conditions of competition, 1896
  • plan of proposed new school, 1896
  • list of architects, 1896
  • correspondence with architects, 1896
  • report relating to the design produced by the architects, Honeyman and Keppie, whose author is probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh and related correspondence, 1896
  • measurer's report, 1897
  • GOV/5/4/1: Conditions of the Competition of Architects for the Proposed new School of Art [3 copies, inc. Sec.'s], Jun 1896
  • GOV/5/4/2: Plan and sections of site for proposed new school [4 copies, inc. Sec.'s and Headmaster's], Jun 1896
  • GOV/5/4/3: Proposed list of architects, not dated
  • GOV/5/4/4: Letter from Campbell, Douglas and Morrison Architects re: cannot take part in competition, 23 Jul 1896
  • GOV/5/4/5: Petition from architects re: the Competition [plus copy], 24 Jul 1896
  • GOV/5/4/6: Reply by Governors to architects, 12 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/7: Letter from architects asking for modification to conditions, 17 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/8: Letter from Mr I. L. Watson, Architect, re: the conditions,  20 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/9: Letter to architects amending conditions, 27 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/10: Architect's Design for Glasgow School of Art, with a description and schedule of its contents, [On cover, an ink drawing of 3 wishbones on tracing paper, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh], 1896
  • GOV/5/4/11: Letter to Directors from James King and Renny Watson choosing the design marked by the "crossed bones", 7 Dec 1896
  • GOV/5/4/12: Letter from Colonel Festing, D.S.A re: his choice of design, 17 Dec 1896
  • GOV/5/4/13: Measurer's report by Robert Scott as to estimated cost of the chosen design, 11 Jan 1897

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Prizes, Competitions and Scholarships

Harry Barnes' papers relating to Prizes, Awards, Competitions, Commissions, and Scholarships for Glasgow School of Art Students. Includes correspondence with those donating funds for prizes and students who have received prizes and scholarships, advertisments for competitions sponsored by businesses and organisations, and correspondence about commissions. Folders as follows: DIR/13/6/1: Folder labelled: 'Summer Compositions up to 1964, Governors' Prize, John & Mabel Craig', 1958-1964 (1 folder): Includes: Notices of the winners of the Governors' Prize for Composition; information sheets, or briefs, about the Summer Composition Prize e.g. choice of subject, size, medium, and prize amount; information about the John and Mabel Craig Bequest brief and lists of prizewinners. DIR/13/6/2: Folder of papers regarding Glasgow School of Art Prizes and Scholarships, 1960-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the Royal Society of Arts about a travelling exhibition, and an Industrial Design Bursary competition; correspondence with other organisations, such as the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers, about bursary competitions; some correspondence with students about Post-Diploma Awards; notices of bursary winners and competition winners, e.g. Design Competition for Steel Tableware, Landscape Painting Prize; notices and circulars about the Governors' Prize; lists of prizewinners of the John and Mabel Craig Bequest; notices about competitions; Provisional List of Prizes and Awards, Jun 1967; notes and correspondence about the Prizewinners for Jun 1967; 'Provisional List of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1966'; 'Provisional List of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1965'; Minutes of a meeting of the Finance Committee, 1966; correspondence with the Royal Scottish Academy about their School of Painting Competition, including lists of successful students; list of Members and Associates of the Royal Scottish Academy. DIR/13/6/3: Folder titled 'Bellahouston Bequest', 1960-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with staff of Cargill Hostel at Culzean about duties; correspondence with the trustees of the Bellahouston Bequest Fund; correspondence about establishing a research scholarship at the School of Art for the session 1966-1967 with funds from the Bellahouston Bequest; reports from recipients of the Bellahouston Bequest Fund Travelling Scholarships about their travels and programmes of research. DIR/13/6/4: Folder of papers regarding Glasgow School of Art Prizes and Scholarships, 1962-1966 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with students about 'Minor Travelling Scholarships'; correspondence about prizewinning students; correspondence informing students of prizes and scholarships they have won; some correspondence about Post-Diploma awards; proposed programmes for travelling scholarships; correspondence about 'Maintenance Scholarships for Post Diploma Study'; correspondence about the allocation of travelling scholarships and other awards; Provisional List of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1965; Prizes and Scholarships, annotated list, 1964-1965; correspondence notifying student that they have been awarded the Newbery Medal; correspondence about the 'Haldane Travelling Scholarship'; correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about Scholarships; correspondence about the 'Sam Mavor Travelling Scholarship'; correspondence about student plans and itineraries for Travelling Scholarships; reports from students about their travels; information about a stained glass competition; correspondence about the 'John Keppie Travelling Scholarship'; blank award offer letters; Old lists of Prizes and Scholarships:1962-1963, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1958, 1957. DIR/13/6/5: Folder of material relating to Prizes and Scholarships, and some material on Diploma Day, 1964-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Director's reports of the Session for Diploma Day; correspondence about student scholarships; 'Notes for the Annual Report 1964-1965', about Exhibitions, and notes about Prizes; excerpt from Report by the Governors for Session 1964-1965; notice that William Armour and John Miller have been elected to the Royal Scottish Academy; notices of Prizewinners of prizes such as: the Governors' Prize, the Landscape Painting prize, and the John and Mabel Craig Bequest; 'Provisional List of Prizes and Awards', Jun 1967; correspondence about prizewinning students of the Royal Scottish Academy and results of their Painting Competition; correspondence about the 'David Murray Studentships'; draft document: 'A Proposal to Rename the Buildings Constituting the Glasgow School of Art'; correspondence about a gift to the Art School from W McChlery of a Hall Settle in the style of Mackintosh; correspondence about Governors' Visitation to classes; handwritten SRC President's Speech for Diploma Day; calendar 1968-1969 with Exhibitions plotted onto it. DIR/13/6/6: Papers regarding Commissions, 1964-1968 (1 folder): Includes correspondence with businesses and organisations looking to commission various pieces of Art and Design, for example: a silver spade for Giffnock & Newlands Hebrew Congregation; memorial stained glass windows for a Church; a mural for the Clyde River Purification Board, and a number of other murals; portraits; illustrations for fairy tales; a presentation plaque for the University of Glasgow Graduates Association; a stamp for the Lister Centenary; a Targe for Lord Rowallan; lettering for the Scottish National Orchestra van. DIR/13/6/7: Folder labelled 'Summer Compositions, Governors' Prize, John & Mabel Craig, and Landscape Prize, 1965' (1 folder): Includes: Notice of deadline and where work should be submitted for the Governors' Prize; notice of the winners of the Governors' Prizes; notice of information to students about the Governors' Prize and the John and Mabel Craig Bequest Prize; notice inviting submissions for the Governors' Prize; notice of the winner of the Landscape Painting Prize; notice of the winners of the John and Mabel Craig Prizes. DIR/13/6/8: Folder labelled 'Scholarships 1965-1966' (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about Scholarships and Awards; correspondence and papers about the 'Queen's Award for Students of Art and Design'; correspondence with the Lord Chamberlain's Office about the 'Queen's Award'; papers about University of Nottingham, Fellowship in Fine Art; correspondence about a cover design competition, The National Playing Fields Association; correspondence about other Art and Design Competitions e.g. a medal design competition, an environmental design competition, an ideal homes competition, a Jackson Tailor window display competition, a bookbinding competition, a collection box design competition for the Marie Curie Foundation, and several other competitions; correspondence about the Leverhulme Research Awards; correspondence about other awards e.g. Letraset Graphics Student Awards, the Layton Student Awards, Designers & Art Directors Awards, and many other awards; correspondence with the 'Ambassade de France' about French Scholarships; correspondence about 'Winston Churchill' Travelling Scholarships; correspondence with the British Council about scholarships and studentships; correspondence with the British School at Rome about scholarships; correspondence about a Vogue talent contest; correspondence about a competition to design the logo of Scottish Opera; correspondence about the 'Trades House Travelling Scholarship'; applications from students for the Queen's Award travelling scholarship. DIR/13/6/9: Folder labelled 'Scholarships, Royal College of Art', 1965-1971 (1 folder): Includes: Some papers relating to Diploma Assessments and Presentations; correspondence and papers relating to entrance examinations for the Royal College of Arts; Principal's reports & references for students who have made application to the Royal College of Art; correspondence with the Royal College of Art about developments within their departments; Entrance Examination statistics; information about the Royal College of Art's powers to award degrees; Royal College of Art, Terms of Appointment of Tutor; Royal College of Art, College Statutes; circular about 'GCE Entrance Requirements for Royal College of Art'; lists of successful candidates for the Royal College of Art; circulars of information about the Royal College of Art courses and calendars; correspondence about Royal Scottish Academy Awards; papers about the Royal Scottish Academy School of Painting Competition; correspondence and papers about the DWT Cargill Fund, Scholarship, and Cargill Lectures; student reports of travels for the trustees of the Cargill Travelling Scholarship. DIR/13/6/10: Folder labelled 'Summer Compositions, Governors' Prize, John and Mabel Craig, Landscape Prize', 1966-1967 (1 folder): Includes: Papers regarding Robert Hart Bursaries; notices of winners of the John and Mabel Craig Awards; correspondence about the John and Mabel Craig Bequest; notices about the Governors' Prizes; notices about the 'Landscape Painting Prize', 1965; notices about the Royal Scottish Academy Competition; notice for a design competition for Stainless Steel Tableware; notices about Graphic Design competitions. DIR/13/6/11: Folder labelled 'Summer Compositions, Governors' Prize, John and Mabel Craig, Landscape Prize', 1967 (1 folder): Includes: Notices about the Governors' Prize and prizewinners; notices about the John and Mabel Craig Bequest prizes and prizewinners; notices about the Landscape Prize and prizewinners. DIR/13/6/12: Folder labelled 'Royal Society of Arts Scholarships', 1968-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence and papers about Travelling Scholarships; lists of students awarded Travelling Scholarships; correspondence with students about Travelling Scholarship awards; proposed itineraries for Travelling Scholarships; correspondence with the Royal College of Art about their Department of Stained Glass and other information about the College; correspondence with the Royal College of Art about Entrance Examinations; papers, such as lists of prize winners, about the John and Mabel Craig Bequest; notice about a Graphic Design competition; notices about the Royal Scottish Academy competition; notices about the Governors' Prize; references for students for the Royal College of Art; papers about the DWT Cargill Lectures and Scholarships; reports from student recipients of the Cargill Award; correspondence about the Govancroft Bursary; corespondence about the John Keppie Scholarship; correspondence about Post Diploma Study; correspondence with the Royal Society of Arts about Industrial Design Bursaries Competition. DIR/13/6/13: Folder of papers relating to Commissions and Competitions, 1968-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with various institutions and businesses looking to commission a piece of Art or Design, or holding competitions for example: a Trophy competition for The Rotary Club of Paisley; a commemorative plaque for the Jewish Old Age Home; a badge design competition for Bellshill Maternity Hospital; commissions for portraits; a model village for the Colzium-Lennox Estate; sculpture portraits; help in furnishing a new unit at the Southern General Hospital; help in designing Prom Publicity for the Scottish National Orchestra Society; murals for Kirklands Hospital, and for the Royal Infirmary, Dumfries. DIR/13/6/14: Folder labelled 'Cargill', about the DWT Cargill Fund, 1969-1972 (1 folder): Correspondence and papers relating to the DWT Cargill Fund, Scholarships, and Lecture series. Includes: typed lectures about Sir Walter Scott by Douglas Percy Bliss; correspondence with students awarded Cargill travelling scholarships; correspondence with the Trustees of the Cargill Fund; papers about Exhibitions of the work of Cargill Fund winners; itineraries from students about to embark upon travel; references for students; correspondence about the organisation of the Cargill Lectures. DIR/13/6/15: Folder labelled 'Scholarships', 1970-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence about students who have been awarded a post-diploma year; correspondence about a variety of Scholarships and Prizes for example: the Gorcers' Company Fellowship in the Fine Arts, a 'Carron' Company Design Competition, the Buchanan and Ewing Bequest, the Govancroft Potteries Bursary, and David Murray Studentships; correspondence about student travel scholarships; list of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1971; list of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1970; list of 'Diplomas and Prizes awarded Jun 1971'; list of 'Diplomas & Prizes Awarded Jun 1970'. DIR/13/6/16: Papers relating to the Royal Scottish Academy Places and Competitions, 1971-1973 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the Royal Scottish Academy about matters such as: student applications, the School of Painting Competition, the David Murray Studentship Fund, Royal Scottish Academy Awards, and Exhibitions of Royal Academy Schools Final Year Students. Also includes correspondence with the Royal Society of Arts about the 'Industrial Design Bursaries Competition'. DIR/13/6/17: Papers relating to Travelling Scholarships, 1973 (1 folder): Includes: correspondence with students who have been awarded travelling scholarships informing them of awards and discussing their plans; lists of prizes and scholarships available; correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about scholarship amounts. DIR/13/6/18: Papers relating to the DWT Cargill Fund, 1973-1975 (1 folder): Correspondence and papers relating to the DWT Cargill Fund, Trustees, Awards and Lecture Series. Includes papers about: travelling scholarships; a Memorial Lecture; itineraries of students awarded travel prizes; postcards and reports from students who were awarded travelling scholarships. DIR/13/6/19: Folder of papers relating to Prizes and Scholarships, 1974-1975 (1 folder): Includes: Photocopy of the Glasgow School of Art Prize List, Jun 1974; correspondence with students about travelling scholarships; itineraries from students who have been awarded travelling scholarships; list of prizes available, 1974; list of student Diploma marks (closed); student assessment sheets (closed); list of Prizes and Scholarships, Jun 1974, excerpt from the Annual Report. DIR/13/6/20: Folder of papers relating to Prizes and Scholarships, 1975-1976 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with students who were awarded various travelling scholarships about their travel arrangements and itineraries; correspondence about the Sam Mavor Bequest; list 'Prizes to be Presented on Diploma Day Jun 1976'; List of travelling scholarships to be made, 'subject to the submission of a suitable itinerary'; correspondence about 'Royal Scottish Academy Scholarships'; list 'Prizes Available, Jun 1975'; invitation to the Student Progress Committee meeting.

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The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

  • GST
  • Collection
  • Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Collection of items related to the Glasgow based firm J. Giusti & Co. which specialized in the production of plaster figures, mould making, statuary repair, and other plaster work. The collection is primarily composed of plaster busts and portraits, six moulds, and two medals. The casts and moulds are formed after a range of sculptural styles including ancient Greek and Roman, French Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and 19th century anatomical studies.

The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection highlights mould making and casting processes that were used to produce objects for retail and to repair existing plaster casts. Records from The Glasgow School of Art document purchases and repairs from J. Giusti & Co. from as early as 1890, and casts related to those in the collection were widely used as teaching and learning tools at the GSA through at least mid-20th century.

As most of the items in the collection were used in commercial casting processes, very few items have a plain white, white washed, or decoratively painted surface that are often observed in plaster cast collections. Many of the plaster casts and all of the plaster moulds are widely covered with uneven layers of shellac that appear yellow, red, or brown. Shellac was applied as a sealant and resist agent to prevent existing plaster elements from sticking to fresh plaster elements during the casting process.

In addition to the plaster casts and plaster moulds, several items provide further insights into the material processes employed by J. Giusti & Co. Two medals (likely bronze) showcase the company's involvement with mould making for metal casting, and a gelatine mould is a surviving example of a traditional process used to produce detailed casts in small quantities.

Proudfoot, Alexander

Chest of Drawers for Regent Park Square

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for Mackintosh's bedroom at 27 Regent Park Square, Glasgow, probably to match the bed. This and others pieces of green stained furniture made by Guthrie and Wells, were collected by William Davidson for his house Gladsmuir and later in Windyhill. Guthrie and Wells, originally founded as a painting and decorating firm by J and W Guthrie, who entered into partnership with Andrew Wells in 1895, played an important role in the history of decor and design in Glasgow. They were the most important of the stained glass studios emerging in Glasgow in the 1890s, supplied furniture, glass, mosaics etc and had a reputation for first class craftsmanship and always employed excellent designers.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Upholstered armchair for Argyle Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. 'One of the most successful and comfortable pieces from Argyle Street. The drawing D1897.21 indicated that it was intended for the Ladies Reading Room, of which no photographs survive.' The only chairs in the collection surviving with their original upholstery.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

High-back chair with oval back-rail

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Designed for 120 Mains Street, Glasgow and also for the Luncheon Room, Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Stylistically, the most advanced piece of furniture designed for Argyle Street and used by Mackintosh again in his own flat. The examples in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the V&A in London were formerly in the GSA collection and donated by Douglas Percy Bliss, GSA director, in 1958. The horsehair and rush seats were reupholstered 1985-86. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

High-back chair with oval back-rail

Designed for 120 Mains Street, Glasgow and also for the Luncheon Room, Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Stylistically, the most advanced piece of furniture designed for Argyle Street and used by Mackintosh again in his own flat. The examples in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the V&A in London were formerly in the GSA collection and donated by Douglas Percy Bliss, GSA director, in 1958. The horsehair and rush seats were reupholstered 1985-86. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

Designed for the White Dining Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. A taller and more elegant version of MC/F/24, it shows the extravagant height to which Mackintosh was prepared to extend the backs of his chairs to achieve a variety of verticals within a room. The higher back makes it less rigid, and the two back splats were not originally attached to the seat rail (nor were these in MC/F/20 but at some time the chairs were strengthened by screwing them to the rear seat-rails). It is not known exactly where these chairs were used, though a contemporary photograph (Billcliffe 1900.J) shows one example in the Billiards Room. One white painted version (Billcliffe 1900.11) was in Mackintosh's own collection by 1900 but it is not certain whether it precedes the tea room chairs or is contemporary with them. Roger Billcliffe. Reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.
This item was assessed for conversation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access project (2006-2010), and then again in 2018 following the fire in the Mackintosh Building in June 2018.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Designed for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Identical with MC/F/24 except for the shortened rear uprights and splats. Probably originally designed for the Cloister Room, but cut down in 1912 because of the new low ceilings installed at that time. (Roger Billcliffe). Reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Armchair for Willow Tea Rooms

Designed for the Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow. 'A very sturdy but not particularly comfortable chair, used in the ground floor saloons, the Gallery and the Smoking room... Their boxy shape contrasts with the taller and more open ladder-backs arranged alongside them in the layout of furniture which Mackintosh devised.' (Roger Billcliffe). Reupholstered in blue horsehair 1984 (the original upholstery on these and the Willow settle was a green and gold striped horsehair). This item was assessed for conversation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access project (2006-2010), and then again in 2018 following the fire in the Mackintosh Building in June 2018.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Round table for Willow Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Billiards Room, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow. This table does not appear in contemporary photographs of the Tea Rooms. It is cruder in construction and more robust than the other round table, MC/F/46, and so has affinities with the heavier looking furniture designed for the Billiards Rooms. The square cut-outs on the legs echo the similar arrangements of squares on the panel dividing the fitted seating in the Billiards Room. (Roger Billcliffe).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

High-backed armchair for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art. One chair reupholstered in blue/black horsehair 1970s, One chair reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984 and repaired.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Low-backed armchair for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Designed for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art. Twelve chairs were made in 1904 for the GSA, but William Davidson acquired a further two, with six of MC/F/58 for use as dining chairs in the hall at Windyhill. Twelve chairs reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. One chair on loan from Glasgow University, returned 1984. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Low-backed armchair for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art. Twelve chairs were made in 1904 for the GSA, but William Davidson acquired a further two, with six of MC/F/58 for use as dining chairs in the hall at Windyhill. Twelve chairs reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. One chair on loan from Glasgow University, returned 1984.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Low-backed armchair for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Designed for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art. Twelve chairs were made in 1904 for the GSA, but William Davidson acquired a further two, with six of MC/F/58 for use as dining chairs in the hall at Windyhill. Twelve chairs reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. One chair on loan from Glasgow University, returned 1984.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Writing table

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Rectangular writing table with grid-like stretcher. The arrangement of stretchers is like those of a number of items designed c1904-06 for Hill House and Hous'hill (Roger Billcliffe).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Low-backed armchair for Board Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Designed for the (new) Board Room, Glasgow School of Art. A more elaborate version of the chairs designed for the original Board Room in 1899 (MC/F/18).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Low-backed armchair for Board Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the (new) Board Room, Glasgow School of Art. A more elaborate version of the chairs designed for the original Board Room in 1899 (MC/F/18).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. The wavy top rail and twin back rails echo the bent laths fitted to the Oak Room balcony and also used on the dresser. All chairs repaired and re-rushed 1985. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. The wavy top rail and twin back rails echo the bent laths fitted to the Oak Room balcony and also used on the dresser. All chairs repaired and re-rushed 1985. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. The wavy top rail and twin back rails echo the bent laths fitted to the Oak Room balcony and also used on the dresser. All chairs repaired and re-rushed 1985. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Barrel chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Designed for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. 'One of the sturdiest and most successful small chairs designed by Mackintosh. The chair was used in the Chinese Room in the late 1940s but there is no record of it being specifically designed for it.' (Roger Billcliffe). The two chairs in the Museum of Modern Art collection (NY) originally belonged to GSA and were donated in 1958 by then director, Douglas Percy Bliss. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Probably designed to provide the basic seating unit in the Oak Room. An unusual design for Mackintosh in that it is a very strong chair and now used in the Glasgow School of Art library. These were introduced by the School into the library c.1950 as a replacement for the more fragile windsor chairs originally designed for the room. The chamfering along the back-rails of the chair anticipates the similar waggon-chamfering on the library balustrade. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Probably designed to provide the basic seating unit in the Oak Room. An unusual design for Mackintosh in that it is a very strong chair and now used in the Glasgow School of Art library. These were introduced by the School into the library c.1950 as a replacement for the more fragile windsor chairs originally designed for the room. The chamfering along the back-rails of the chair anticipates the similar waggon-chamfering on the library balustrade. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Probably designed to provide the basic seating unit in the Oak Room. An unusual design for Mackintosh in that it is a very strong chair and now used in the Glasgow School of Art library. These were introduced by the School into the library c.1950 as a replacement for the more fragile windsor chairs originally designed for the room. The chamfering along the back-rails of the chair anticipates the similar waggon-chamfering on the library balustrade. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Probably designed to provide the basic seating unit in the Oak Room. An unusual design for Mackintosh in that it is a very strong chair and now used in the Glasgow School of Art library. These were introduced by the School into the library c.1950 as a replacement for the more fragile windsor chairs originally designed for the room. The chamfering along the back-rails of the chair anticipates the similar waggon-chamfering on the library balustrade. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oak Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Probably designed to provide the basic seating unit in the Oak Room. An unusual design for Mackintosh in that it is a very strong chair and now used in the Glasgow School of Art library. These were introduced by the School into the library c.1950 as a replacement for the more fragile windsor chairs originally designed for the room. The chamfering along the back-rails of the chair anticipates the similar waggon-chamfering on the library balustrade. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Writing table for Hous'hill

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.
This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Card Room at Hous'hill in Nitshill in Glasgow. 'A unique and most elegant design, miniaturising some of the elements of the Library timbers at the Glasgow School of Art in a writing table. The paired beams seen in the Library, almost complete at this date, are echoes in the paired legs, and the chamfering of the balusters and the bent laths around the balcony are repeated in the rails below the drawers... D.1909.12 shows the table located between two chairs in a bay off the Card Room [at Hous'hill].' (Roger Billcliffe).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Oval Room/Ladies Rest room at the Ingram Street Tea rooms, Glasgow. It is probable that this chair was used in both the Oval Room and Ladies Rest Room at Ingram Street and then in the White Cockade Tea Room in 1911. All chairs repaired and re-rushed 1985. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Museum table for Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for either the Museum or Library at the Glasgow School of Art.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Wavy-edge table for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the Director's Room at Glasgow School of Art. A table combining two of the most common motifs of Mackintosh's work of this period: a wavy line to the table top and a lattice grid to the stretchers.' (Roger Billcliffe).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Magazine stand for the Library, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Square display unit for the Library at Glasgow School of Art. Probably designed to support large bound volumes such as newspapers or folio books which were too large for the readers' tables. The deep zinc lined well in the centre could have been used as a receptacle for pot plants. It has been suggested that it was used for plant drawing, with four students working at drawing boards on each side of the stand, but this seems unlikely, the students would have been too close to the plant to be able to see it. The construction allows this piece to be dismantled and folded.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Magazine stand for the Library, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Tall, shelved unit for use in the Library at Glasgow School of Art. Perhaps originally kept in the book store on the mezzanine floor above the Library. Nothing about their appearance could be said to date specifically from c1910, so it is possible that they were made at the time of the first phase of the School (c1899) to provide temporary storage (Roger Billcliffe).

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Windsor chair for the Library, Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Designed for the Library at Glasgow School of Art. A more elegant version of the windsor chairs designed for the Dutch Kitchen at Argyle Street (Billcliffe 1906.49). These chairs proved much too delicate for their original purpose; only eight of approximately forty have survived, and all of these have had to be reinforced. They were replaced in the GSA Library c1950 by the much sturdier chairs originally designed for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms, MC/F/67. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Windsor chair (back-rail spindle) for the Library, Glasgow School of Art, 1910

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
This single spindle is from the curved back rail of a Windsor chair, formerly in the library of Glasgow School of Art. Designed for the Library at Glasgow School of Art. A more elegant version of the windsor chairs designed for the Dutch Kitchen at Argyle Street (Billcliffe 1906.49). These chairs proved much too delicate for their original purpose; only eight of approximately forty have survived, and all of these have had to be reinforced. They were replaced in the GSA Library c1950 by the much sturdier chairs originally designed for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms, MC/F/67. The Ingram Street Tea Rooms were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1951 for £25,000 and were then rented out as various shops and warehouses.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Wall clock for Glasgow School of Art

One of a series of electric slave clocks located through the Glasgow School of Art and run from a central 'master' clock. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Installed into Studio 25 following restoration in 2013. Following the fire in the Mackintosh Building in May 2014 it was assessed and conserved in 2019.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Wall clock for Glasgow School of Art

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. One of a series of electric slave clocks located through the Glasgow School of Art and run from a central 'master' clock. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010). Installed into Studio 32 following restoration in 2013.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

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