Mackintosh House Interiors, 6 Florentine Terrace (Glasgow, Scotland) : First-floor studio-drawing room (cropped detail)

Creator:

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928

Published/Created:

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
1906-1914

Date Depicted:

1900 AD - 1949 AD

Materials:

painted wood; stained glass; metal

Notes:

Principal interiors from the Glasgow home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933). The couple lived at 78 Southpark Avenue (originally named 6 Florentine Terrace) from 1906 to 1914. Substantial alterations were made in 1906 as Mackintosh remodeled the proportions and natural lighting of the Victorian end-of-terrace house. The house and all the original furniture was purchased by the University of Glasgow in 1946. The house was demolished but the principal rooms have been carefully reconstructed at the Hunterian Museum, completed 1981. These photographs (taken ca. 1910) were part of the Dr. Thomas Howarth collection, sold at Christies, Feb. 17, 1994. "Thomas Howarth, professor, architectural historian, collector (b in England 1914, d at Toronto 21 July 2000). Howarth reawakened interest in the great Scottish architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), through articles, a comprehensive monograph, exhibitions, and lifelong advocacy and collecting. A prescient collector of Mackintosh's work, Howarth amassed a huge and varied collection.

Variant Titles:

Howarth Collection: Mackintosh House [Historic Photographs]

Topics:

Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twentieth century

Culture:

British
Scottish

Accession Number:

1A1-MCR-MF-A7

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
houses (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architecture; decorative arts; Artists' studios; interior design; Restoration and conservation; photographic documentation; historic photographs Art Nouveau; Glasgow style; Twentieth century buildings; dwellings; houses; furnishings The first-floor studi

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10053595

PID:

digcoll:1787858