DOI Heft:
No. 54 (September, 1897)
DOI Artikel:White, Gleeson: Some Glasgow designers and their work, [2]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0255
Some Glasgow Designers
SMOKER'S CABINET BY J. HERBERT MCNAIR
naturalistic impressions.
The fact remains that in
Scotland as in England, in
Germany no less than in Bel-
gium, and in many other
places, there is a return to
mysticism, and to supersti-
tion and legendary fancies
which at first sight seem out
of touch with the " actuality
of modernity," as modern
journalese phrases it.
The large cabinet here
illustrated has been designed
by Mr. McNair for his own
use ; the doors at the side
give access to deep com-
partments running behind
the central portion, in which
huge rolls, posters and the
like, may be stored. The
whole of the structure is in
stained wood> so dark that
whether green or black is not
LARGE CABINET BY J. HERBERT MCNAIR
228
SMOKER'S CABINET BY J. HERBERT MCNAIR
naturalistic impressions.
The fact remains that in
Scotland as in England, in
Germany no less than in Bel-
gium, and in many other
places, there is a return to
mysticism, and to supersti-
tion and legendary fancies
which at first sight seem out
of touch with the " actuality
of modernity," as modern
journalese phrases it.
The large cabinet here
illustrated has been designed
by Mr. McNair for his own
use ; the doors at the side
give access to deep com-
partments running behind
the central portion, in which
huge rolls, posters and the
like, may be stored. The
whole of the structure is in
stained wood> so dark that
whether green or black is not
LARGE CABINET BY J. HERBERT MCNAIR
228