Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Cassina - Chair - Hill House

Hill House is the chair that pays homage to the artistic genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter, exponent of the Glasgow Movement and the most important personality of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. Made of black lacquered ash wood, it is characterized by the emblematic, very high and perforated backrest with horizontal and square motifs, which draws its slender and elusive silhouette, enhancing the eccentric volumes despite their dimensional sobriety. Equipped with a comfortable padded seat covered in white leather. The chair is in excellent condition with very slight signs of age. Seat in white leather in perfect condition There is Cassina brand printed on the frame and progressive production code number. Dimensions Height 140cm Seat height 42cm Depth 35cm Width 40cm "Design Radicale" offers free transport insurance for deliveries in Europe. For the "rest of the world" shipment the cost is indicative. We will formulate a quote at the end of the auction according to the destination. Undoubtedly, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928) has the merit of having created some of the most original and elegant examples of the Liberty style chair. In his furniture he managed to transform the natural forms of the Art Nouveau style into geometric shapes, thus becoming the precursor of the Viennese Secession and the modern movement propagated by the Bauhaus. Mickintosh, as well as his North American 'colleague' Frank Lloyd Wright, exponent of organic design, devoted special attention to interior spaces, convinced as he was that a building should be a coherent and synergistic ensemble of all the details that coexist in harmony. His predilection for simple shapes and passion for surface decoration is reflected in the design of the interiors themselves organized according to motifs generally inspired by nature. His chairs combine at the same time references to natural models and geometric order, to the craftsmanship of Arts and Crafts and to Design, incorporating the two apparently contradictory elements of the Liberty style and demonstrating their essential symbiosis. The exaggeratedly high backrests stand out in the chairs, whose shape summarizes the style of Mackintosh: a combination of refinement and opulence with severe austerity and exuberant romanticism. Although his original style was quickly successful in Austria and Germany, Charles Rennie Mackintosh gained recognition at home only several years after his death.