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Chair for the Dug-Out in the Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Scotland

Date
1917
made in
Glasgow, Scotland, Europe
Classification
Furniture
Current Location
On View, Gallery 133W
Dimensions
32 1/8 x 16 13/16 x 18 in. (81.6 x 42.7 x 45.7 cm)
Credit Line
Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and in honor of Grace Lischer Brumbaugh
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
2:1995
1917 - 1920s
Willow Tea Rooms (Catherine Cranston), Glasgow, Scotland [1]

- 1995
Manfred Ludewig, Berlin, Germany

1995 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Manfred Ludewig [2]

Notes:
[1] Three chairs of this design are known and attributed to the room designed by Mackintosh in 1917 known as the Dug-Out in the Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. This property became the Kensington Restaurant in the 1920s. [Billcliffe, Roger. "Charles Rennie Mackintosh: the Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings, and Interior Designs." London: 1979, 235-8.]

[2] Per invoice dated January 18, 1995 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 1, 1995.

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