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Design for a wardrobe for the Blue Bedroom, Hous'Hill (© V&A Picture Library)
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© V&A Picture Library

Design for a wardrobe for the Blue Bedroom, Hous'Hill

Artist: Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928)

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1904

Materials: pencil and watercolour

Dimensions: 88 x 33 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £7,646)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 4078 (1994)

Provenance:
Commissioned by Marjor Cochrane and his wife (formerly Miss Cranston); Herbert Smith; Dr Thomas Howarth; his sale Christie's, 1994.

Description:
The wardrobe depicted in this design was placed in the blue bedroom on the first floor at Hous'Hill. The drawing illustrates the whole wardrobe in elevation, with full-size coloured details of the decoration.

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