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More than 100 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions have special place names (e.g. "Hollyhock House" or "Fallingwater"). These titles were often bestowed by Wright on his designs but some were applied by clients. Only Wright projects with nicknames appear in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail


Playhouse for Mrs. Avery Coonley [Riverside, Illinois] (1912)

Drawing: Leaded glass window, vertical. Not like any in .003.

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1201.??1

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; one of three drawings on sheet. (Arthur Drexler, The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Horizon Press, 1962)).
Drawing measurements: 14 x 14"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: Yes.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Leaded Glass/Windows.

Notes and comments: (a) Arthur Drexler, The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Horizon Press, 1962) lists this drawing as 0808.01. ??? (b) Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer lists this drawing Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks and Futagawa, Yukio. Frank Lloyd Wright Mo

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 291] in Drexler, Arthur, The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Horizon Press, 1962). Note by John Geiger: Catalog to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) exhibition.