HILL HOUSE CHAIR

HILL HOUSE CHAIRBy Charles Rennie Mackintosh

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSHarchitect who designed schools, offices, churches, tearooms and homesinterior designer and decoratorexhibition designerdesigner of furniture, metalwork, textiles and stained glass his latter years, a watercoloristCHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSHOne of eleven children to Margaret and William MackintoshHe grew up in Glasgow Age of nine attended the Allan Glens Institution, a private school for the children of tradesmen and artisans, which specialised in vocational trainingAt fifteen Mackintosh began evening classes at Glasgow School of Art A year later, in 1884, he began a five-year pupilage with the Glasgow architects John HutchinsIn 1889 he joined the more eminent firm of Honeyman & Keppie, where he received a traditional Beaux Arts training typical of the period.The 1890s was a decade of learning and development for Mackintosh, when he continued his architectural training, travelled to Italy, attended and gave lectures, and formed new friendships. These experiences widened his interest in architecture to include the fine and decorative arts, and caused Mackintosh to align himself firmly with the progressive school.CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH1890s he was part of The Four an informal grouping with the English sisters Margaret and Frances Macdonald and James Herbert McNair that produced some of the most inventive decorative art and graphic design of the period. His major achievements include his masterpiecearchitect id responsible not just for the fabric of a building, but for every detail of its interior design 1902 Commissioned to build Hill House, Helensburgh for publisher Walter Blackie1902, he designed Hill House Chair for the publisher, W.W. Publisher

HILL HOUSE CHAIRNamed after the Hill House in ScotlandIt was exclusively designed for the 'White BedroomIn this case the design was far more important than the function, and the chair was intended more as an art piece than to actually be used as a chair.Originally painted white, Mackintosh's high, narrow Hill House chair was meant to be decorative - not to be actually sat on

HILL HOUSE CHAIRMATERIALNatural WoodOriginal : Ebonised Sycamore Sycamore can be shaped to form variety of joints. It is also durable and resist knocksWhen ebonized looks bold, dark and strong imageSTYLEArt Nouveau : highly decorativeMinimalist DesignChair is dark to contrast the pretty white art feminine dcor of the main bedroomExtremely delicate with the sole purpose of decoration Seat Pad is very small to emphasize the chairs fragilityUsually upholstered in a special fabric, either green or pink.

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