Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Diploma of Honour

MC/G/59A
Item
1894-1895

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Glasgow School of Art Club diploma.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Textile Design

MC/G/54
Item
1915-1920

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Abstract design for fabric.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for Conversazione Programme

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for the Glasgow Architectural Association.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Large armchair for the Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for the Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms. Very similar to MC/F87, but in a larger scale with flat instead of turned arms. Re-upholstered in blue horsehair 1985. This item was assessed for conversation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservati...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Barrel chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

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 designe...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

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

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

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 reupholste...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Armchair for Willow Tea Rooms

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

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 arr...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Chair for Ingram Street Tea Rooms

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for the White Dining Room, Ingram Street Tea Rooms. Glasgow. The basic chair used in the main dining room, and the Cloister Room in 1900. The original seat coverings were probably horsehair. Reupholstered in brown horsehair, 1984. The Ing...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Bookcase for Gladsmuir

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for the schoolroom, Gladsmuir, Kilmacolm. The same two metal panels first appear in the design for the fireplace and fender probably intended for Regent Park Square and were repeated in the wardrobe designed for Westdel in 1898. This item...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Linen Cupboard for John Henderson

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for John Henderson.'One of the earliest surviving pieces with repousse panels, here designed by Mackintosh. Although probably made by cabinet makers such as Guthrie & Wells, it has none of the more traditional mouldings that appe...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Linen Cupboard for Gladsmuir

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for the nursery, Gladsmuir, Kilmacolm. Probably made by Guthrie & Wells. The wide vertical panels running either side of the back of the cupboard, here terminating in two decorated lugs, are a motif Mackintosh often used in later work...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Washstand for Guthrie and Wells

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Designed for Guthrie and Wells, Glasgow. 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 pai...

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie