Lot 115: Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865 - 1945) , 'Haus eines Kunstfreundes': A folio

1902 published by Alexander Koch, Darmstadt; loose leaves as issued, comprising title page [in German], two pages [in English], and ten coloured plates, housed in original green paper-covered boards with ties, original publisher's label to upper cover

measurements 53cm. by 39.5cm.; alternate measurements 1ft 8¾in., 1ft 3½in.

In 1900 the Darmstadt-based architect and publisher Alexander Koch and the magazine Zeitschrift für Innendekoration organised a competition for the design of a large country house for an art connoisseur. The designs of the participants were published by Koch in 1902; no first prize was awarded, but though Baillie Scott won the second prize, his scheme was never realised. The colour plates depict interiors and elevations of the Baillie Scott proposal, and the decorative and architectural programmes include a great many of the designer's hallmark motifs.