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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Hill House (Helensburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1902-1903 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorMackintosh, Charles Rennieen_US
dc.creatorMacdonald, Margareten_US
dc.date1902-1903en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-06T19:12:36Z
dc.date.available2013-03-06T19:12:36Z
dc.date.issued1902-1903en_US
dc.identifier198314en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1122en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/106062
dc.descriptionView of inner door as one enters the house; [Mackintosh's wife, Margaret Macdonald, contributed fabric designs and a unique panel over the fireplace in the drawing room.] The entrance is on the short, western side, thus ensuring maximum privacy for the occupants since the public rooms face south. Immediately beyond the entrance are a library and business-room with small, slit windows overlooking the approach to the house. From the outer hall a short flight of steps leads up to the main, dark-beamed hall, providing circulation into the drawing-room and to the dining-room beyond. Thus the accepted principles of 19th-century country-house planning are followed, not only in the separation of zones according to function but also in the progression from public to semi-public to private areas. In the main hall, the principal staircase is partly enclosed by wooden uprights that repeat the vertical dimensions of the walls, which are interspersed with pale grey panels topped by coloured stencils. Characteristic oak furniture is pierced by squares; there are also squares on the pale grey carpet, emphasizing Mackintosh's comprehensive plan for the interior decoration. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/27/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediummosaic; gesso; stained glass; wood; textilesen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectplantsen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectGlasgow styleen_US
dc.subjectArt Nouveauen_US
dc.titleHill House: Interiors and Furnishingsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MCR-HH-2-A1en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniquestained glass mosaic (process) painting and painting techniques construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypefurnishingen_US
vra.worktypeseat furnitureen_US
vra.worktypelighting fixtureen_US
dc.contributor.displayCharles Rennie Mackintosh (British interior designer, 1868-1928); Margaret Macdonald (British artist, 1865-1933)en_US


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