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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


Hillside Theater Curtains #1 and #2 [Spring Green, Wisconsin] (1933)

Drawing: Theater curtain #1

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 3302.001

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: 27 x 18"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/FA/Applique.

Notes and comments: (a) The original curtain was made from plain monk cloth, apliqued with colored felt. See note on #5223. John W. Geiger 01/16/98

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 161] in Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar, Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for a Living Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1959).

Appears as a color illustration [page 147] in Wright, Frank Lloyd, Frank Lloyd Wright: Collected Writings Volume 3 1931-1939 (New York: Rizzoli, 1993).