By contrast with the dark wood of the dining room, the main room of the Mackintoshes’ reconstructed Glasgow house is decorated mainly in white. Mackintosh also used this contrast in Hill House.

Door detail:-

Main room:-

Wall cupboard and fireplace:-

Cupboard and chairs:-

Reverse view:-

Oval table with rose emblems:-

Below are photos of the reconstructed interior of the Glasgow house of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Mcdonald inside the Hunterian Art Gallery, Hillhead Street, Glasgow (see previous post.)

Entrance Hall, Mackintosh House, Hunterian Art Gallery:-

Hall mirror:-

Off the hall is the Dining Room  whos efirniture is reminiscent of the dining room in Hill House which Mackintosh designed for the publisher Walter Blackie:-

A room at the Hunterian Art Gallery displayed some drawings Charles Rennie Mackintosh made for various projects.

Das Speise Zimmer. Mackintosh may have been designed for a Vienna exhibition around 1900:-

Othe rdrawings:-

The below have more of the feel of Margaret Mcdonald about them:-

Before reaching the reconstruction of the interior of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Mcdonald’s Glasgow house at the Hunterian Art Gallery there are some other Mackintosh exhibits to see.

Model of unbuilt house. (This bears many similarities to Hill House in Helensburgh):-

Candlesticks designedby Charles Rennie Mackintosh:-

Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed cutlery:-

book covers. Mackintosh designed many of these for the publisher Blackie:-

Poster and Stair Hanging:-

The Mackintosh house is an extension to the original Hunterian Art Gallery on Hillhead Street off University Avenue in Glasgow. It is a replica of the Glasgow house Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.

The house’s facade on Hillhead Street:-

Lower window and door. The door here is obviously not accessible. Entry is from inside the Art Gallery:-

The “house” is externally rendered in concrete. Glasgow University buildings in background:-