Washstand
1917 (made)
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and became a leading architect and designer of the Glasgow School. The washstand is part of a suite of furniture that he designed for the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate, Northampton. Mackintosh was commissioned by Mr W. J. Bassett-Lowke, a scale model manufacturer, to renovate the house for him and his prospective bride in 1916. In addition to the washstand there was also a dressing-table and stool, two chairs, a luggage stool, towel rail, bedside cupboard, twin beds and a hanging mirror. The suite was later reproduced for Bassett-Lowke's friends Mr and Mrs Sydney Horstmann at their house in Bath in 1917. In about 1920 the dark mahogany suite was replaced with lighter, brighter oak furnishings of a different design.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Mahogany, part ebonised, aluminium, mother of pearl, glass, cotton |
| Brief description | Washstand of mahogany inlaid with aluminium and mother of pearl; Mackintosh, Charles Rennie for Mr W. J. Bassett-Lowke at 78 Derngate, Northampton, 1917 |
| Physical description | Wash-stand of mahogany inlaid with aluminium and mother-of-pearl; lower section made up of a cupboard with two panelled doors which open centrally; upper section comprised of glazed splash-back with central mirror above it and a small cupboard either side of mirror; a printed fabric by Minnie McLeish behind the glazed splashback. (The original Mackinstosh fabric lost and replaced by the Museum with a similar, contemporary piece by Minnie McLeish.) |
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| Gallery label | WASHSTAND
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (British, 1868-1928)
Fabric (not the original) designed by Phoebe McLeash
Mahogany inlaid with mother-of-pearl, with a printed fabric behind glass
1917
This washstand was designed for the home of Sidney Horstmann in Bath and was part of a suite which included the dressing table displayed in this bay. It is identical to a washstand that Mackintosh first designed for the guest bedroom of 78 Derngate, Northampton, the home of W.J. Bassett-Lowke.
Circ.597-1966(1989-2006) |
| Object history | Originally designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate, Northampton. Mackintosh renovated this house for Mr W.J. Bassett-Lowke, a manufacturer of scale models. See CRM washstand of similar design and production in the collection of National Museum of Scotland. Recorded at Bethnal Green Museum, 1968. |
| Summary | Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and became a leading architect and designer of the Glasgow School. The washstand is part of a suite of furniture that he designed for the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate, Northampton. Mackintosh was commissioned by Mr W. J. Bassett-Lowke, a scale model manufacturer, to renovate the house for him and his prospective bride in 1916. In addition to the washstand there was also a dressing-table and stool, two chairs, a luggage stool, towel rail, bedside cupboard, twin beds and a hanging mirror. The suite was later reproduced for Bassett-Lowke's friends Mr and Mrs Sydney Horstmann at their house in Bath in 1917. In about 1920 the dark mahogany suite was replaced with lighter, brighter oak furnishings of a different design. |
| Bibliographic reference | Roger Billcliffe, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The complete furniture, furniture drawings and interior designs' (Guildford and London: Lutterworth Press, 1979), p232. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.597:1 to 4-1966 |
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| Record created | February 7, 2007 |
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