Tracing the designs of 4 basic chairs
a good selection of wright designed chairs.
notice the "library chair", is this the same chair as in the vintage hanna dining room? if so, what library?
sdr-maybe you need a couple for your remarkable library!
also, a great example of the "easy chair" (origami), with perfs. no vertical grain here...
http://www.ditext.com/chairs/wright/chairs.html
notice the "library chair", is this the same chair as in the vintage hanna dining room? if so, what library?
sdr-maybe you need a couple for your remarkable library!
also, a great example of the "easy chair" (origami), with perfs. no vertical grain here...
http://www.ditext.com/chairs/wright/chairs.html
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Great collection. Would make an interesting quiz ? The Coonley chairs are another, rarely-seen slant-back.
The Winona Bank of course is Purcell and Elmslie. . .
http://images.google.com/images?client= ... a=N&tab=wi
The "library chair" isn't identical to the Hanna dining chair -- most likely from a hexagonal house, though ?
Don't you wonder what the Hanna "big chairs" were, if not Origami -- and not pleasing to Wright, after the fact ?
Pictures on the way. . .
(Could you line-break that link, so this page doesn't remain oversize ?)
SDR
The Winona Bank of course is Purcell and Elmslie. . .
http://images.google.com/images?client= ... a=N&tab=wi
The "library chair" isn't identical to the Hanna dining chair -- most likely from a hexagonal house, though ?
Don't you wonder what the Hanna "big chairs" were, if not Origami -- and not pleasing to Wright, after the fact ?
Pictures on the way. . .
(Could you line-break that link, so this page doesn't remain oversize ?)
SDR
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PeterM This 1947 library chair is not quite the same as Hanna, an iteration - the trapezoid at the back comes to a shorter length giving the chair a more triangular look. What building had a designated library? Of course, Lakeland College- Roux library. These photos are from FLW The Seat of Genius.
SDR- You said the Hanna photo had to be before 47 (can't go to the first page to check) I sure wish these photographers dated their photos!
SDR- You said the Hanna photo had to be before 47 (can't go to the first page to check) I sure wish these photographers dated their photos!
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Thanks- I ask because the floor cushion is at Fallingwater (4 sides) & the Wingspread (6 sides). I have been straining to remember the Z word that was the old name for the Fallingwater piece...zapoton or something. Here it is at Hanna called floor cushion. I'm not sure if I should keep this in the hassock taxonomy. Any thoughts, anyone?
In keeping with my general feeling about this, I say use the prevailing name, and increase the number of categories if necessary.
Here are two portions of a photo in "In the Nature of Materials" (1941). Both early Hanna chairs and a floor cushion (as drawn, with handles) are present.
So, this is the large chair that Wright didn't like.


Here are two portions of a photo in "In the Nature of Materials" (1941). Both early Hanna chairs and a floor cushion (as drawn, with handles) are present.
So, this is the large chair that Wright didn't like.


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charles rennie mackintosh 1897:
http://artnouveaux.com/argyle.jpg
for international historical context...
http://artnouveaux.com/argyle.jpg
for international historical context...
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sdr, you have done it again...
several comments
hanna side chair: are there any other chairs which have perforations at the base of the chair?
maybe there is an awkwardness about the complex hannah easy chair, as if he is trying to figure out how to enlarge the side chair, but hasn't quite yet reduced it to its most simplified form. the arms are like the william morris or adirondack chair. it would be great to see it from a different angle.
it seems like every version of the spindle back chair is resolved and perfectly proportioned, a theme he returned to over and over. what about those big rear shoes on the darwin martin chair?
those ball chains: any other examples of this idea?
palli- the z thing hassock: stafford norris 111 made one of these for the willey house. futuristic flying saucer john lautner chemoshere house on the floor.
the barnsdall hollyhock tall chair comes back in variation for loveness?
several comments
hanna side chair: are there any other chairs which have perforations at the base of the chair?
maybe there is an awkwardness about the complex hannah easy chair, as if he is trying to figure out how to enlarge the side chair, but hasn't quite yet reduced it to its most simplified form. the arms are like the william morris or adirondack chair. it would be great to see it from a different angle.
it seems like every version of the spindle back chair is resolved and perfectly proportioned, a theme he returned to over and over. what about those big rear shoes on the darwin martin chair?
those ball chains: any other examples of this idea?
palli- the z thing hassock: stafford norris 111 made one of these for the willey house. futuristic flying saucer john lautner chemoshere house on the floor.
the barnsdall hollyhock tall chair comes back in variation for loveness?
Yes, the next little batch will be the newer tall-backs, of which there are several, often perforated. Rayward is one set -- with other chairs like baby-
bear stave-back Olfelt -- the 1955 dining chairs in your link above, in fact.
There's another side chair with minor perforation to the base. I just saw it somewhere. There's nothing I know of like Hanna. Those have completely
eluded me before now. . .
I agree with all that about the Hanna large chair. Were their second (1947) ones Origami ?
No other wierdnesses like ball chains, as far as I know.
SDR
bear stave-back Olfelt -- the 1955 dining chairs in your link above, in fact.
There's another side chair with minor perforation to the base. I just saw it somewhere. There's nothing I know of like Hanna. Those have completely
eluded me before now. . .
I agree with all that about the Hanna large chair. Were their second (1947) ones Origami ?
No other wierdnesses like ball chains, as far as I know.
SDR
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