DOI issue:
No. 66 (August, 1902)
DOI article:The international exhibition of modern decorative art at Turin, [3]: the Scottish section
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22774#0134
Turin Exhibition
well placed, and two or three sheets from a book
dealing with Mr. Mackintosh’s work (one of a
series on “The Masters of Interior Decoration,”
by Koch, of Darmstadt), comprise the exhibits in
this half. This first room is the “clou" of the
Scottish Section, and it is an epitome of the work
of an architect and of an art-worker, labouring
together as co-partners in the same scheme, and
to whom the “House Beautiful” is an edifice built
and adorned by the one handiwork, and standing
as an expression of thought in art. The second
room has been treated in much the same manner
as the first, already described ; that is, separated
into two parts by structures which mark without
dividirg. The more important half contains the
joint work of J. Herbert McNair and Frances
McNair. Though partaking of the same character
ARM CHAIR IN WHITE ENAMELLED BY CHARLES
WOOD WITH SEAT OF ROSE SILK R. MACKINTOSH
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CHAIR IN BLACK WOOD BY CHARLES
UPHOLSTERED IN PURPLE SILK R. MACKINTOSH
as the work ot the Mackintoshes, there is yet
in everything a personal note, which distin-
guishes it from theirs and other novelties and
differing treatments of the same theme, create
new interests, and arouse fresh attention. The
McNairs’ room is a writing chamber. The
floor is covered in part with a felt carpet,
having a border of applique roses in a scheme
of pink and black, and filling the other part
is a baby’s crawling-rug on which the young
mind creeps through art to a quaint know-
ledge of Natural History. Upon these tex-
tiles are placed pieces of furniture almost
entirely of black wood. A settle with glazed
and curtained sides invites to rest, and the
luxury is enhanced by a cushion embroidered
with a charming treatment of little birds in
well placed, and two or three sheets from a book
dealing with Mr. Mackintosh’s work (one of a
series on “The Masters of Interior Decoration,”
by Koch, of Darmstadt), comprise the exhibits in
this half. This first room is the “clou" of the
Scottish Section, and it is an epitome of the work
of an architect and of an art-worker, labouring
together as co-partners in the same scheme, and
to whom the “House Beautiful” is an edifice built
and adorned by the one handiwork, and standing
as an expression of thought in art. The second
room has been treated in much the same manner
as the first, already described ; that is, separated
into two parts by structures which mark without
dividirg. The more important half contains the
joint work of J. Herbert McNair and Frances
McNair. Though partaking of the same character
ARM CHAIR IN WHITE ENAMELLED BY CHARLES
WOOD WITH SEAT OF ROSE SILK R. MACKINTOSH
96
CHAIR IN BLACK WOOD BY CHARLES
UPHOLSTERED IN PURPLE SILK R. MACKINTOSH
as the work ot the Mackintoshes, there is yet
in everything a personal note, which distin-
guishes it from theirs and other novelties and
differing treatments of the same theme, create
new interests, and arouse fresh attention. The
McNairs’ room is a writing chamber. The
floor is covered in part with a felt carpet,
having a border of applique roses in a scheme
of pink and black, and filling the other part
is a baby’s crawling-rug on which the young
mind creeps through art to a quaint know-
ledge of Natural History. Upon these tex-
tiles are placed pieces of furniture almost
entirely of black wood. A settle with glazed
and curtained sides invites to rest, and the
luxury is enhanced by a cushion embroidered
with a charming treatment of little birds in