Jamie Murray
Jamie Murray
2023-01-28
Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
2021-09-14
Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.
Charles winter
Charles winter
2021-05-21
The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.
Graeme hatton
Graeme hatton
2021-02-24
An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.
Lorna Hamilton
Lorna Hamilton
2021-02-05
Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.
Richard Foster
Richard Foster
2020-11-26
The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.
Xiu Yun Chen
Xiu Yun Chen
2020-11-25
This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.
Laura
Laura
2020-11-05
Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
2020-08-22
The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.
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Mackintosh Furniture – The Argyle Chair

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an architect, designer and artist from Glasgow, Scotland. He is a prominent figure in the Art Nouveau movement and Scottish architecture, most notably the Glasgow School of Art building which he designed in 1897.

Among collectors, he is known for his elegant furniture designs. Some of the more notable pieces include the high-backed chairs that were praised for their simple but geometrically pleasing design. The chairs were originally commissioned by Catherine Cranston, who was influential in the development of the concept of tearoom culture in Glasgow in 1878. The chairs were specifically made for the Argyle Street Tearooms, as the amenities were meant to represent the height of contemporary design at the time.

The chair had no armrests but featured a horsehair upholstered seat and a high back topped off with an oval head piece. The back legs start off as rectangular feet and taper elegantly into circular points. Two uprights connect the base stretcher, the seat and head piece for back support. His early designs were influenced by natural and organic shapes which is evident in the handle/cut-out of the head piece, the shape of which reads as a profile of a bird. Although it was designed for one of Miss Cranston’s luncheon rooms, Mackintosh liked it so much that he used the same design for the dining room in his own house. The design became the first of many high-backed chair designs that followed.

In 1900 the chair was featured in Vienna’s 8th secession exhibition catalogue, which exposed Mackintosh’s work to Europe and strongly influenced the Vienna Workshop movement of designers in 1903. The chair’s iconic design was also featured in the 1982 film ‘Blade Runner’ inside the main protagonist’s apartment.

Mackintosh’s chairs are some of the great examples of early British modernist movement and are valued for the contribution to the contemporary industrial design.

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