Mackay Hugh Baillie-Scott

executed by the Dresdner Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst, Dresden
stained oak and beech, ivory, mother-of-pearl, cane, removeable cushions with horsehair upholstery

Von Zezschwitz, Munich, 28 November, 2005, lots 61 and 62
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XIII, Darmstadt, October 1903 - March 1904, p. 237 for a period illustration of this model
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XVII, Darmstadt, October 1905 - March 1906, p. 75 for a period illustration of this model 
Hans Ottomeyer, Jugendstil Möbel: Katalog der Möbelsammlung des Münchner Stadtmuseums, Munich, 1988, p. 133, cat. no. 43.1 1-2
Siegfried Wichmann, Jugendstil Floral Funktional, exh. cat., 23 January - 31 March 1984, Herrsching, 1984, p. 121, cat. no. 243
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Art Nouveau, Cologne, 1997, p. 39
Laurence Mouillefarine, "Explorateur des Arts Décoratifs", Architectural Digest, France, no. 62, December 2006 - January 2007, p. 105, illustrated
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, p. 425, illustrated
Henry Bounameaux, "Un œil aussi discret que célèbre", Out of office, 5 November, 2011, p. 39, illustrated

Overall very good condition consistent with age and gentle use. Very minor scattered scuffs and surface scratches to the ebonised finish on both chairs, concentrated to the edges of the armrests. One chair with scattered faint surface scuffs to the front the backrest, the longest approximately 10 cm long, and a minor scuff to the lower front portion of the frame, approximately 10 cm long at a diagonal. Two hairlines on two pieces of Mother-of-Pearl which is natural for this material. The mother of pearl inlay has been professionally and sensitively replaced on one chair and is indistinguishable from the other example. Both chairs have been professionally re-ebonised. The horsehair upholstery is newer. Both chairs present very well overall. Both chairs were purchased from Von Zezschwitz, Munich, 28 November, 2005, lots 61 and 62.
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