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The washstand is part of a suite of furniture that he designed for the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate, Northampton.  Mackintosh was commissioned by Mr W. J. Bassett-Lowke, a scale model manufacturer, to renovate the house for him and his prospective bride in 1916. In addition to the washstand there was also a dressing-table and stool, two chairs, a luggage stool, towel rail, bedside cupboard, twin beds and a hanging mirror. The suite was later reproduced for Bassett-Lowke's friends Mr and Mrs Sydney Horstmann at their house in Bath in 1917.  In about 1920 the dark mahogany suite was replaced with lighter, brighter oak furnishings of a different design.","physicalDescription":"Wash-stand of mahogany inlaid with aluminium and mother-of-pearl; lower section made up of a cupboard with two panelled doors which open centrally; upper section comprised of glazed splash-back with central mirror above it and a small cupboard either side of mirror; a printed fabric by Minnie McLeish behind the glazed splashback. 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Mackintosh renovated this house for Mr W.J. Bassett-Lowke, a manufacturer of scale models.\r\n\r\nSee CRM washstand of similar design and production in the collection of National Museum of Scotland.\n\nRecorded at Bethnal Green Museum, 1968.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Washstand of mahogany inlaid with aluminium and mother of pearl; Mackintosh, Charles Rennie for Mr W. J. 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