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M223 Dining room for the A. S. Ball exhibition of modern furniture, Berlin

Address: 27a, Potsdamerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Date: 1903–5
Client: Alfred Grenander
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

1903: 18 March: Alfred Grenander writes to Hermann Muthesius about the possible participation of Mackintosh in an exhibition he is organising in Berlin. 1
12 May: Mackintosh writes to Muthesius enclosing a letter from Grenander. Mackintosh has replied to Grenander confirming that he will proceed with drawings for a room for the exhibition. 2

1905: February – March: Exhibition open. 3

Notes:

1: Berlin, Werkbundarchiv, Museum der Dinge: Hermann Muthesius Estate, letter from Alfred Grenander to Hermann Muthesius, 18 March 1903.

2: Berlin, Werkbundarchiv, Museum der Dinge: Hermann Muthesius Estate, letter from Mackintosh to Muthesius, 12 May 1903.

3: The Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration critic wrote that the exhibition had taken place during the carnival month. M Rapsilber, 'A. S. Ball – Berlin Ausstellung moderner Zimmereinrichtungen', Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 16, 1905, p. 395. In 1905 carnival ended on 7 March. An advertisement for the exhibition appeared in local newspapers between 26 January, Berliner Morgenpost, p. 22, and 1 March, Vossische Zeitung, p. 17. The same advertisement also appeared in the Berliner Lokal Anzeiger and the Berliner Tageblatt during February 1905.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.