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Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Furniture and Interiors

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh created furniture as part of highly controlled architectural interiors in Glasgow and beyond.

Historical significance

Tall backs, grids, painted surfaces and symbolic ornament coexist with varied commissions and collaborators.

A collector's lens

Famous silhouettes are heavily reproduced. Provenance, construction and commission history separate period work from later licensed production.

Practical takeaway

Record materials, dimensions, marks, condition, restoration and provenance separately. Compare with securely catalogued examples before strengthening an attribution.

Sources and further study

  • [V&A furniture collection](https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/furniture)
  • [The Met: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/)
  • [CINOA Code of Ethics](https://www.cinoa.org/about/code-of-ethics/)

Dates and attributions should be tested against the individual object, documentary evidence and specialist scholarship.

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