M274 Design for an exhibition stand for Wilkinson Heywood & Clark Ltd

In his 1906 design for an exhibition stand for paint and varnish manufacturers Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark Ltd of London, Mackintosh developed 'the use of lattice panels as a structural and decorative device'. 1 His drawing shows a structure which is rectangular in plan with an inwardly canted front elevation, to be constructed of lattice panels.

Previously, open trellis-like structures had appeared in the 1901 exhibition stand for the Glasgow School of Art, at the Willow Tea Rooms (1903) and in the garden furniture at Windyhill (1903). Here, the lattice screens were to be open or filled with square panels showing the paint colours and varnish finishes manufactured by the client. 2 Similar screens appear later in the Chinese or Blue Room at Ingram Street Tea Rooms (1911) with coloured panels and at 78 Derngate, Northampton (1916–17), where the panels are fitted with leaded glass of various patterns. 3

It is not known whether Mackintosh's design was constructed, nor for which exhibition: only a modest payment was entered in the Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh cash book. 4

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