For sale: John Rayward 'Tirranna' House - New Canaan, CT

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:01 pm

Frank Lloyd Wrightâ€™s â€˜Tirrannaâ€™ Asks $8 Million

David

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:08 am

Nice array of photographs to an unfamiliar Wright.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:44 pm

for those of you who don't subscribe to the WSJ:

https://www.6sqft.com/own-frank-lloyd-w ... ct-for-8m/

JChoate · Post by **JChoate** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:00 pm

Out of curiousity, I went and found the Rayward house on Google Earth. It looks like quite a nice piece of property (15 acres) in a nice area.

Using the Google Earth measuring tool, I determined that as the crow flies it is only 0.87 miles from Philip Johnson's Glass House. Given the much publicized fiery relationship between Johnson & Wright, it is interesting that "little Phil" lived just around the corner from a Wright project. I wonder if there are stories....

clydethecat · Post by **clydethecat** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:12 pm

The purple chairs have to go.

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:50 pm

Oh, the chairs are incredible! They were designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1936. It's just the color (Olgivanna style..) that is messed up.

http://twentytwentyone.com/sites/defaul ... museum.jpg

http://www.rietveldoriginals.com/en/por ... a-utrecht/

goffmachine · Post by **goffmachine** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:26 am

Peterm indeed the chairs are good. But lets talk about what other color would have suited the room better. Eggshell or a Rust color perhaps?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:29 am

Heresy I know but I prefer the Johnson property in this case.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:01 am

The heliotrope color of the Utrecht Chair isn't the problem -- it makes a nice hot contrast to all that ocher woodwork -- but why sateen ? Ick.

Maybe the "festoon" stitch could have been part of the color play, too -- blue, or burgundy ? The colors goffmachine suggests would be dandy, too . . .

I don't trust Alibaba. Where's the stitching ?

The big curved cantilevered walkway canopy is a treat. Never photographed before ?

SDR

goffmachine · Post by **goffmachine** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:33 am

SDR, wow that sateen is.....indescribable
https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploa ... ight-6.jpg

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:10 pm

Incredible Frank Lloyd Wright house with 15 acres and waterfall asks $8M

David

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:44 pm

I wonder if Palli has seen the perfs flanking the front door.

The sateen is indeed unfortunate, but worse is the fabric on the dining chairs. But it's only furniture.

This house reminds me of Keland in the way it rambles on in a not quite coherent manner all over the site. The solar hemicycles tended to be for more modest sized houses than this. Even in its original state, Rayward was a bit big for the type. As large as it is, I fear it's not quite "ritzy" enough for anyone who can afford to buy it, and its future is probably in doubt. There are some gold highlights original to the house, but so far no cherubs.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:22 pm

Can you just see it with marble flooring and a few (dozen) artfully placed Corinthian columns ?

Come to think of it, purple and yellow (ocher) are kinda Easter-y, aren't they . . .

SDR

SREcklund · Post by **SREcklund** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:39 pm

It may have started life as a Wright hemicycle, but it sure looks like a cluster$%&# now. Good lord - no wonder you never hear it mentioned.

clydethecat · Post by **clydethecat** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:31 pm

goffmachine wrote:SDR, wow that sateen is.....indescribable
https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploa ... ight-6.jpg

If a rug can tie a room together, that corner's got enough rugs to tie it in knots. That's quite a pile.