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"Mackintosh's Last Hurrah\nMeticulously Restored, a Remarkable English Interior by the Architect Lives Again\nBetween 1916 and 1919 Charles Rennie Mackintosh transformed 78 Derngate in Northampton.\nThe house has been completely restored and is now open to the public.\nAt Derngate, the architect created something new and daring, setting triangular patterns against a black background in the front hall. The bust is of George Bernard Shaw, a guest in 1923.\nRefurbished walnut cabinets designed by Mackintosh adorn the dining room. John McAslan + Partners oversaw Derngate's restoration and the creation of an adjoining visitor center.\nElegant and wholly original, the interiors of Charles Rennie Mackintosh expressed his belief in architecture as art. For 78 Derngate, he submitted plans (such as his 1916 drawing for the latticed staircase screen in the hall, left) from his London home;there is evidence, in fact, that he never visited the Northampton house until the early 1920s. But his client, Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke, proved an avid and knowledgeable patron, and for him Mackintosh also designed suites of furniture, lighting and even a Christmas card.\nReplicas of the original oak beds occupy the guest room, which Mackintosh redid in 1919. He worked closely with his client, entrepreneur Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke, on the commission.\nA painted grid highlights the stair to the bedrooms and continues the decoration in the downstairs hall. The bath at left features a reproduction of the room's mosaicinspired wallcovering.\nAt the rear of the house, which rises four stories, Mackintosh gave the top-floor guest room a balcony and covered the brick exterior with stucco, lending it a rectilinear modernity."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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