Minneapolis Institute of Art

High-back side chair

Designer: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Date

1898

Medium

Oak, rush

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tea rooms upped their game in 1890s Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, offering good food and stylish interiors as a backdrop for socializing. Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed adventurous furniture and interiors for the four Glasgow tea rooms owned by Miss Catherine Cranston, including this dramatic black chair topped by an oval with a birdlike cutout. In groupings of six or eight, the chairs created a room within a room. Europe

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