Drennan

Artist / Maker / Factory

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)

Dimensions

214.00cm wide   49.00cm high   76.00cm deep (84.25 inches wide  19.29 inches high  29.92 inches deep)

Description

A stained birch centre stool or day bed, the rectangular cushion seat covered in grey corduroy flanked by open ends on rectangular block feet.

The original design for this day bed survives in the Glasgow University Collection entitled 'Couch in Ladies Common Room'. 'The wood is to be birch stained dark and waxed'and the upholstery 'mouse grey corduroy'. The original Mackintosh drawing shows an upholstered back but Fra Newbery has annotated 'with a seat seat this width a stuffed or even padded back is not necessary at all, cushions can be hung along the wall at the back (from a little moulding) and movable cushions as many as needed can be placed on the seat'.

Provenance

Glasgow School of Art, Ladies Common Room.
Glasgow Humane Society.

Literature

Mackintosh Society Newsletter, 1993
Bilcliffe, Roger, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs' Moffat 2009, P260 illus.D1910. 14A