Wright Chat

Sour Grapes? I don't think so. This was a man who doubted the citizenship of President Obama, until just last year. P. E. Trump deserves just the same.

I think the Donghia interiors for Trump expressed such an understated elegance, even today after all these years. Remember Trump's family was from Queens, the New York borough and across the river so to speak. I don't believe his grandfather came from money, so D. Trump was really only second genera...

I hadn't know that the portico was added as early as Jackson. Hoban's design had a pedimented entry on that North Elevation. The State Dining Room was carved out of a smaller room and the stairway to the second floor during President Theodore Roosevelt's term, so the entire building has undergone a ...

I did not know that Mr. Wright did not design the treehouse at Tirranna. I would have seen it mid 60's, not too long after Wright's death. I will recommend a book on modern architecture in Connecticut, "The Harvard 5 in New Canaan". Quite a hotbed of Modern Architecture. I've also been rea...

I wish there was a study of the fabrics Frank Lloyd Wright used/specified. Later in his career he used fabric from an American artist-Dorothy Liebes. These were mostly textural, but she did fabricate stripes. The story goes the Mr. Wright appeared at her San Francisco studio and said I'll take this ...

Did we get an answer about whether the Laurent textiles are the original Taliesin line? The fabric in the photos is the Imperial Triangles pattern, but I remember that from the 1980's introductions. I thought it was similar to but not exactly like the 1955 edition. The large scale prints had their p...

I don't recall seeing the planting on the Bedroom terrace growing over the side of the parapet. Was I just not looking? Or is this a new "thing"? As I remember, the rendering does show draping foliage.

Are the textiles at the Laurent House original? I thought the Imperial Triangle pattern was part of the 80"s introduction. I am always interested in original textiles and the color palette.

I have mixed feelings about the Taliesin Line. Supposedly Mr Wright "disowned" the venture after it was in production. I believe that Samara still has draperies made of a fabric from the original collection-a sheer with a vertical gold thread running through it. The Price Tower organizatio...

Schumacher is reintroducing some of the Taliesin Line fabrics in honor of Mr. Wright's 150 Birthday! I can't wait!!

The exterior finish at the Weltzheimer house was always a problem. Ted Bower, our apprentice from Taliesin, wrote Wright about the issue before construction was completed. Wright had specified Cypress, but the Weltzheimers chose to build with Redwood, purchased in log form from the West Coast, but m...

It is my understanding that Copeland Furniture no longer offers the Frank Lloyd Wright designs as a part of their collection.

The Westcott House does not seem to close for the winter, as tours are posted on their website. It is a wonderful restoration of an earlier Wright design. It is about 2 hours from Cleveland. When in Cleveland, stop by the Cleveland Museum of Art. One of the windows from the Darwin Martin house is in...

The Weltzheimer House is closed until April. but is visible for a walk around. The driveway off of Woodhaven Place, puts you right next to the house. The original approach is from Morgan Street. I am a docent at the house and believe access to the interior could be arranged through the Allen Memoria...

It is on at 1 AM 12-28, in the Cleveland area (Ohio)!