Wright Chat

I should have listed the drawing references in my earlier post; they at 2501.054 and 2501.055 (sorry, I am not sure how to actually link the drawings?). It looks like there were two slightly different schemes for a "music" performance area in that space. I particularly notice the "fam...

"After Mr.and Mrs. Wright established the Taliesin Fellowship, Mr. Wright evidently intended to convert the space in question into a small theatre. I should have pestered Bruce into showing me any existing drawings, but, regretfully, I somehow let life in the way" Rood - there are drawings...

I purchased a copy (after seeing this post) and am about half-way through reading the book. I find this very interesting and informative. While I am not a great expert on Frank Lloyd Wright and his work and life, I have studied his buildings and other available information for many years and thought...

Mr Wright designed no free-standing desks for his Usonian homes, as far as I know, but the typical Usonian bedroom included a built-in desk. Likewise, while most of these homes had free-standing tables of various heights and sizes, the dining table was built in virtually always---sometimes in the f...

SDR - I actually have toyed with the idea of making a copy of the Irving, Booth, or Bogk pieces also! Unfortunately some of those would take more space than I have available. The use of cork on the Martin piece, both on the tabletop and inside the cabinet, is interesting and unusual and I wonder wha...

I am curious about a a drawing on the Artstor site for piece of furniture for the William E. Martin house. The Artstor description identifies it as "Sideboard Details" but the hand-written note on the drawing itself states it is "Desk and Table", which appears to be a more accura...