20th Century
Decorative Arts

Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed chair made under the supervision of Dr Thomas Howarth, Toronto.
High quality reproduction hall chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Hill House made under the supervision of Dr Thomas Howarth. Dr Howarth was responsible for bringing the work of Mackintosh back in to the public consciousness and built up probably the finest private collection of his works.
Howarth emigrated to Toronto in 1958, later using pieces from his collection to supervise some high quality and faithful reproductions, one of them being this beautiful chair, made of oak with a rush seating.
"This armchair is a reproduction of one of a set of three that were originally created for the entrance hall of Hill House, the house in Helensburgh Scotland, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and completed in 1904.

Hill House

Thomas Howarth, academic, architectural historian, collector (England 1914, - Toronto 2000)