{"id":2376,"date":"2019-11-05T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2019-11-05T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:03:25","slug":"mackintosh-the-glasgow-style-gallery-kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/mackintosh-the-glasgow-style-gallery-kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackintosh & the Glasgow Style Gallery- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in Glasgow recently, and lucky enough to visit the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum . The grandeur of the building itself is worth a visit. The organ playing was a memorable experience, as was seeing the beautiful paintings in the Glasgow Boys Gallery \u00a0and the products in the Mackintosh\u00a0and The Glasgow Style Gallery. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The latter\u00a0 was particularly interesting: It was\u00a0 predominantly furniture. Interesting and dramatic chairs skulked about, on low platforms, grouped like friends in circles, and it was clear to see visually how chair design had changed around the 1890s.<\/p>\n

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Source www.dezeen.com<\/p>\n

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Pre 1890s the chairs were elaborate carved turned styles often in dark woods. This 1850s\u00a0mahogany armchair by John and Joseph Meeks<\/strong> is typical of that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

After 1890 Chair design morphed away from turned spindles, fancy carved antique styles into more experimental use of materials and striking shapes.<\/span>\u00a0European designers and architects, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh and George Walton rethought the principal elements and features of furniture. The most dramatic were their designs for chairs, playfully using exaggerated features, cut out shapes and dramatic lines. Instead of a chair just being an utilitarian everyday artefact it was given personality and drama!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh argyle chair\u00a0<\/strong> .Source: www.dezeen.com<\/p>\n

You can read more about this argyle chair if interested, at https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/06\/07\/charles-rennie-mackintoshs-argyle-chair-150-anniversary\/<\/p>\n

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In parallel with the evolvement, the simple lines are\u00a0now\u00a0the focus of the interiors. Unlike the cluttered Victorian era the interiors are noticeably cleaner, the woods\u00a0are lighter, the lines less elaborate.<\/p>\n

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Compare and contrast the chairs in the photo above<\/u><\/strong>.<\/h2>\n
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  1. Which ones do you think are pre 1890s and post 1890s, and why?<\/li>\n
  2. Christopher Dresser studied ornaments and his style paved the way to improve 19th<\/sup> Century British Design. The Arabian and medieval patterns he observed influenced his pierced patterns on his chairs .Which one(s) do you think might be a 19th<\/sup> Century Christopher Dresser Chair?<\/li>\n
  3. Charles Renie Mackintosh favoured the use of square cut outs. Can you spot his chair here?<\/li>\n
  4. In the first photo at the beginning of the blog,<\/strong> there is another famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair , which he designed on commission for the Ingram Street Tea Room. To check you spotted it correctly, you can check\u00a0 here if you\u00a0like https:\/\/www.theglasgowstory.com\/image\/?inum=TGSE01089<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The gallery showcases\u00a0several iconic Mackintosh<\/strong> pieces,\u00a0\u00a0including this \u00a0above Domino table (circa. 1907)<\/strong>\u00a0 also from the Ingram Street Tea Rooms.<\/p>\n

    Mackintosh\u2019s \u2018square-ness\u2019 inspired some designers in Vienna to experiment and resulted in some great furniture and products, such as pieces by\u00a0Josef Hoffman (for the curious, Hoffman’s work is featured at https:\/\/www.neuegalerie.org\/collection\/artist-profiles\/josef-hoffmann.)<\/p>\n

    Furniture continues to change, sometimes because of new manufacturing processes, sometimes linked to fashion, changes in society or industrialization, economic or space based choices. Consumers\u00a0may favour modern styles, retro looks, reproduction antiques or inflatable pack-away furniture or so many other\u00a0types, and\u00a0 there is a plethora of choice available.<\/p>\n

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