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What was Charles Mackintosh famous for?
Charles Mackintosh was famous for his work as a designer and architect. At the turn of the 20th century, he created a singular, wholly original design style that was both lyrical and sleekly modern. Within his architectural schemes for schools, private homes and restaurants, he — frequently working in collaboration with his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald — invented an aesthetic that blended the organic flow of Art Nouveau and the honest simplicity of the English Arts & Crafts movement. Shop a collection of Charles Rennie Mackintosh furniture on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025
Charles Rennie Mackintosh “309 Ingram” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Set of 8
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in New York, NY
Lovely set of 8 black stained Charles Rennie Mackintosh “Ingram” dining chairs for Cassina. Each chair is signed underneath. Seat fabric is grey leather. Please note this model is ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Lacquer

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hill House 1 Chair For Cassina
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hill House 1 Chair For Cassina An iconic chair, a timeless design furnishing made entirely of solid wood that accurate...
Category

2010s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Ash

C. R. Mackintosh for Cassina Hill House Chair
By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Cassina "Hill House " Chair, designed 1902-1904, ebonized ash wood, black upholstered seat. 55.5" H x 16" W x 13.75" D; seat: 17.5" H. Provenance: From ...
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20th Century Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Ash

CharlesRennie Mackintosh Willow 1 Throne-Like Armchair For Cassina
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
CharlesRennie Mackintosh Willow 1 Throne-Like Armchair For Cassina A masterful modern armchair. An expert re-edition by Cassina starting with the mo...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Ash

Striking Pair of Hill House Chairs Designed by Charles Mackintosh
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare pair of tall ladder back Hill House chairs designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, circa 1980's. The chairs have a black wooden base and super tall ladder backrest with red leath...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Charles Rennie Mackintosh 292 Hill House Chair by Cassina
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1902. Relaunched in 1973. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This iconic chair reflects Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s style and his fearless approach to the most challenging manufacturing processes. Originally a furnishing accessory for one of Mackintosh’s major design projects, Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, Scotland, from which its name derives. The linear, geometric form is evocative of the minimal, abstract lines of Japanese graphics, which confer symbolic and figurative symbolic value to the piece’s striking visual impact. This piece is seen by many critics as not only a chair but also a veritable treatise on the way space can be articulated. The tall back is defined by a succession of vertical lines that are topped with a grid of verticals and horizontals. Thanks to the mastery of the furnitire makers of Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, Cassina has re-issued the Hill House chair...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

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