A stunning collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
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A stunning collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
Doves and Dreams
Doves and Dreams is organised in partnership with the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
27 January - 22 April 2007
Stained beech and oak, glass and brass
s. in brass t.l.: ‘J. H. McNAIR’
81.3 x 104.2 x 19.0 (38 x 40 15/16 x 7 ½)
Photo: Mark Fiennes Photo Library.
Trustees of the Macaulay Settlement
Arguably McNair’s most audacious achievements in the 1890s were with furniture design.
His unconventional, curvilinear forms, in pieces such as this, align him with emerging continental Art Nouveau to a degree rarely matched by British contemporaries at that date.