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Frank Lloyd Wright Commission Titles

The information presented here exhibits the extent to which John Geiger considered many points of reference related to a given Frank Lloyd Wright project. Aside from basic information such as title, location, and project date, Geiger extended his interests to types of floor and roof plans, types of construction and building purpose, and where possible the dates of the various stages of development in the design process and construction. Geiger often included citations for bibliographic references as sources for the recorded information in an elaborate but unevenly developed series of attributions.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail


Imperial Hotel, scheme 2 [Tokyo, Japan] (1915)

Drawing: Carpet designs Number 1 and Number 2 for the foyer and lobby

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1509.068

Note: Records a category devised by Geiger to classify the types of decorative arts designs found in Frank Lloyd Wright projects. These terms were applied consistently through a choice list on Column [DECORATIVE ARTS] in Table MMTFDRAWINGS FILE.

Drawing held by: Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Drawing Type: Preliminary/Presentation.
Scale: Not given.
Media: Paper: Tracing paper, vellum with graphite pencil; colored pencil.
Drawing measurements: 29" x 17"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/FA/Carpets.

Notes and comments: (a) "All the carpets in the hotel were designd by Wright and custom woven in China. The basic color for the overall field was a soft buff, the designs in varying shades of blue and amber..." Phoenix

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a color illustration [page 280] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives (New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc., 1990).