January 5, 20197 yr Ironwork and Metalwork by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Glasgow School of Art Softback, black and white photos and scaled drawings of details of 32 examples of the famed Architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh Born in 1868, his work around the turn of the 19th to 20th century is very different from the gothic forms often seen in smithwork. (It's also mentioned that some of his designs caused the smith employed to argue that they were impossible...) Found this 1968 exhibit catalog type of book at a reasonable price at a used bookstore in southern NM and felt it was a good addition as my books on decorative ironwork tend toward the medieval and renaissance.
January 6, 20197 yr i have some of his(well replicas) ladder backed chairs, the design causes them to be somewhat top heavy which is prone to surprising folk that hang jackets/coats on them(these are chairs that were designed for a tea room go figure! they are however surprisingly comfortable . he definitely was a design icon and that must be a wonderfull book.
April 10, 20215 yr On 1/5/2019 at 5:14 PM, ThomasPowers said: Ironwork and Metalwork by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Glasgow School of Art Just won an eBay auction for a copy of this, for about half of what I would have had to pay to get a copy from the UK.
April 10, 20215 yr To be clear: about half of what I would have had to pay to get a copy shipped from the UK. It's the merest fraction of what I would have had to pay to go pick it up myself!
April 12, 20215 yr Author I'll go pick one up for you; just buy the ticket and I won't even charge you for my time!
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