Fabrics at Hill House, Helensburgh
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 25 June 2022
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 25 June 2022
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 21 June 2022
More Charles Rennie Mackintosh designs from Hill House.
Seating Niche:-
Upper room door:-
Circular table:-
Table and chairs (on different visit):-
Door and decoration:-
Child’s room door:-
Mantelpieces:-
Bench. Early photographs of Hill House on wall:-
Beds:-
Child’s bed:-
Wall decoration:-
Shelves:-
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 20 June 2022
Bed:-
Bed cover:-
Decoration:-
Bedside table:-
A photo of the wardrobe in Walter Blackie’s bedroom is in this post.
Posted in Art at 12:02 on 19 June 2022
As well as the fireplace in the Drawing Room of Hill House, Helensburgh there are several examples of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s attention to detail with such household fixtures.
Fireplace in study. Note also clock:-
Mrs Blackie’s bedroom fireplace:-
Another upper room fireplace:-
Child’s room fireplace:-
More upper room fireplaces:-
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 14 June 2022
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 9 June 2022
Yet more of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs for Hill House. See link and posts passim.
Library Entrance. Typical Mackintosh square insets on the cupboard:-
Note curved wooden detailing:-
The detailing is continued through the bookshelves:-
Dining Room dresser – probably brought to the house by the Blackie family. The portrait is of Walter Blackie for whom Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Hill House.
Even the pantry has Mackintosh designs – heart-shaped cutouts in the lower cupboards:-
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 7 June 2022
Some more of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs for Hill House. See link and posts passim.
Ceiling Lamps:-
Floor standing lamp:-
Pendant lamp:-
Ceiling lamp:-
Wall lamp. Note also stencilled wall decoration:-
Posted in Architecture, Art at 12:00 on 5 June 2022
One of the most emblematic “Mackintosh” style parts of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Hill House is the stairwell. See link and posts passim.
Stairwell entrance:-
Stairwell and window:-
On right hand wall compared to above:-
Lamp above Stair Landing:-
Carpet on stair landing:-
Iconic Mackintosh chair design. On Hill House stair landing:-
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 24 May 2022
The hallway is the first part of Hill House you see when entering.
Table: chair and clock in background:-
Chair with a book whose cover was one of Mackintosh’s designs for Blackie:-
The chair was in a different position in 2017:-
Wall clock:-
Niche in hall:-
Hall door:-
I forgot to post this detail of the drawing room fireplace in my previous post:-
Posted in Art at 12:00 on 23 May 2022
The interior of Hill House, Helensburgh contains wonderful examples of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs.
The photos below of the Drawing Room are from two different visits to the house. To preserve the pigments of the fabrics etc I didn’t use flash so some of the photos aren’t as clear as they might be.
Window seat (facing you as you enter the drawing room):-
Window Seat Niche:-
Fireplace:-
Fire iron:-
Cupboard (to left of fireplace in above photos):-
Lamp. (As I recall this is not a lamp original to the house but a reconstruction. Some of the carpet are also faithful replavements of originals):-
Located above the fireplace is a gesso panel by Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh:-
Settee:-
Windows and lamp:-
Furniture:-
Wall decorations, chairs and cabinet:-
Recess with piano:-
Another bench seat. (I can’t remember if this was in the drawing room or not):-