Mackenzie, G. R. (1871-1901)
Mackenzie, G. R.
London; cabinet maker (fl.1871-1901)
Mackenzie was employed by Charles Hindley & Sons in the 1880s and worked on the two Hindley exhibition pieces for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, London in 1889:
Pine-panelling and chimney-piece with over-hanging canopy and seats, designed by J.A. Stenhouse, cabinet work by Mackenzie and D. MacLennan, carving by F. Lucas (cat. no. 180) and a cabinet in darkened mahogany, executed by G.R. Mackenzie and D. F. Lavach (cat. no. 387).
G.R. Mackenzie (b. 1816, Dumfries, Scotland) had moved to Marylebone, London by 1871 and was recorded as cabinet maker in census, 1871-1901, and died in Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex in 1909. His son, Thomas, followed in his father's trade of cabinet making and then became a salesman of parquet flooring.
Sources: Microulis, ‘Charles Hindley & Sons, London House Furnishers of the Nineteenth Century: A Paradigm of the Middle-Range Market’, Studies in the Decorative Arts (Spring/Summer 1998); Arts & Crafts Exhibition catalogues, 1888-1916.
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