Christie's: DESIGNED BY ARCHITECTS: Lot 15
A white painted oak washstand
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Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Dunglass Castle, Bowling, circa 1900 Twin doored main cabinet above shaped apron, tiled splash back, drop handles, the whole white painted 483/4in. (124cm.) high; 57 1/8in. (145cm.) wide; 193/4in. (50cm.) maximum depth PROVENANCE Charles Macdonald, Bowling By descent L.A. Dunderdale Esq., Glasgow By descent The Fine Art Society, London LITERATURE Roger Billcliffe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs, New York, 1979, p. 85, Cat. No. 1900.42 NOTES Dunglass Castle, on the Clyde at Bowling, was the home of the parents of Margaret and Frances Macdonald from July 1899. The Macdonalds acquired various early pieces of furniture designed by Mackintosh and Herbert MacNair and in the summer of June 1900 Mackintosh was at work on bedroom furniture for the house.
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