Mackintosh Door & Side Panels – York

In September 2010 a client approached us to create a Mackintosh door set based on this photo on the right. The client emailed us the image and on close inspection of the image it looked like the glass was not a leaded design but just a screen printed glass design and we do not manufacture that product.

We created a small sample of how we could replicate the specific design using our overlay colour films, sandblasted glass film and Ebony coloured 4.5mm lead. The client checked out the sample and was really pleased with how similar it looked so a full order was then placed. Before we created all of the glass we created a computer generated image of the door glass and uploaded it to our Client Pages section for the client to approve. After a few alterations and adjustments to the design the client was happy and we got to work on the door glass set.

We created the dark lines using lead strip that was pre-coloured with an Ebony coloured coating which appeared almost jet black. The long stripes in the glass design were left clear as was some of the small square sections. Two of the squares on each panel were coloured dark red and the rest of the design was sandblasted. All of the overlay films were encapsulated inside of the sealed unit to protect them. The double glazed sealed units were made using toughened Pilkington K glass and all of the units were Argon gas filled to help conserve energy in the home.

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The finished door