Wright Chat

It appears most Wright homes do not have outside seating options. The Goetsch Winckler house has an enclosed lanai. I'd like to place 2 chairs and a small table in it. Any thoughts/suggestions?

Vintage Salterini, Woodard or Bertoia work well...

I like these...
http://www.pottedstore.com/pottedstore/ ... key=ST-521

Butterfly chairs work too.

Agreed...

Hardoy chairs:

http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/wp-con ... garden.jpg

Hardoy Chair by Knoll
http://www.knoll.com/museum/prod_museum.jsp?prod_id=375

an original:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45652818/vi ... rfly-chair

on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=har ... rfly+chair

from Crate and Barrell cb2:
http://www.cb2.com/chairs/furniture/193 ... hair/f6799

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90064629/

I like the look of this chair, mid century meets Nakashima-ish...I have not seen in person..so cannot comment on quality or comfort.

Don't laugh -- but how about the right Adirondack chair ? Seems to fit the period and the gestalt of the building (and its first owners) maybe ? It would depend upon the direction taken with other non-Wright furnishings in the house, I guess. One could go with "this is how the ladies left it" or with a more up-to-date palette . . .

Comfort is an essential part of the seating issue -- unless the chairs are only for the purposes of photography. I have to caution against a choice -- no matter how visually satisfying -- which fails in that department.

Thanks for consulting us !

SDR

These chairs were made, a few years ago, for Auldbrass, the C Leigh Stevens "plantation" in South Carolina, from the same year
as your house. I am unclear whether this is a FLLW design or one by his grandson, Eric.

The surface of the lanai is grass ? These might be too heavy, then . . .



photograph ©Weintraub/Arcaid, 2001

Old Hickory furniture could also be an appropriate option, especially the two hoop version arm chair as pictured and an Old Hickory Hexagonal table...In Michigan, vintage examples are plentiful..(I know a few dealers who sell vintage rustic furniture) The will last a few lifetimes, and damn comfy. Just a thought...
http://www.oldhickory.com/gallery.phtml

The Auldbrass chair is a beautiful design, and appears to be comfortable. Obtaining the drawings for this from Eric Lloyd Wright would be the only issue, and of course, finding someone to build it, because these never went into production. (as a side note, this is the sort of thing that Taliesin or the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation should be producing!)

The relatively early date of GW would make it a good candidate for an Adirondack chair...

If there is presently no paving in the lanai, I wonder if it would be a sacrilege to introduce a modular array (grid) of, say, 16" concrete pavers, set on tamped and leveled sand over appropriate tamped base and weed-resistant sheet. They could be set with a 1/4" gap, perhaps, filled with sand.

This would allow even metal-footed furniture, or a rocker, to be used and moved with ease.

The paved area could occupy just a portion of the lanai, at one end or the other ?

SDR

and another of my faves...The Westport Adirondak chair.
http://www.thefieldfarm.com/westportchair.htm

Aak ! Say it ain't so . . .


SDR

The PVC version is at Home Depot for $18.00 in several colors, including orange.

Take a closer look at the chair without the paint...its really a great chair....it is nothing like the plastic chair.