The Hunterian, Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Back in August we visited The Hunterian in Glasgow, it’s the oldest public museum in Scotland. We hadn’t been there for quite a few years. They have a lot of original Mackintosh furniture on show, it was saved from a building that  the couple had lived in and he had redesigned, but after their death the building was due to be demolished, luckily the contents were saved and stored until a new home was found for them.

Mackintosh house, Hunterian, Glasgowbed

The Hunterian is the perfect location. I took lots of photos but as his furniture tended to be either black or white I’m splitting the photos up.

Hunterian, Mackintosh bedroom cupboard

As you can see today it’s the white interiors. They’re so light and airy.

Hunterian C.R. Mackintosh, bedroom fireplace

Hunterian, C.R. Mackintosh, bedside table

The above were all in the bedroom. Below are from the living room.

Hunterian, Glasgow, Mackintosh,chair, Cupboard again

Hunterian, Mackintosh, Glasgow

Glasgow, Hunterian, Mackintosh, chairs + Table

Hunterian, Mackintosh, cupboard

If I’m recalling correctly the wall art above the fireplace below is just a copy of a work done by Margaret Macdonald. I think the originals deteriorated a lot over the years.

Hunterian, Glasgow, Fireplace bookcases<Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald frieze

If you happen to be visiting Glasgow the Hunterian is a great place to see C.R. Mackintosh’s designs and if you have the time you might want to see his wonderful House for an Art Lover  which was not built in his lifetime, but ony fairly recently to his plans. It’s situated in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow.

4 thoughts on “The Hunterian, Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

  1. I really enjoyed these pictures, although I wonder if such beds are comfortable when one’s feet can’t sprawl over the edge. I think I’d rather have all white than all black furniture.

    • Constance,
      I have often thought that about beds like that as I’m not tall but my feet aren’t far away from the bottom of the bed, it must be horrible if you have long legs. Hundreds of years ago people used to sleep sitting up, but not when this bed was designed!

  2. Really annoyed to find that I missed this venue when I was in Glasgow earlier this year. We saw the collection on the Mackintoshes and the Glasgow school in the Kelvingrove museum and then wanted to visit the display in the lighthouse which then turned out to be closed. so we ran out of time. sigh. It does look wonderful

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