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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


Administration Building for the Larkin Company [Buffalo, New York] (1903)

Drawing: Cross section indicating some leaded glass windows

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 0403.089

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.
Drawing measurements: 36 x 25"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Leaded Glass/Windows.

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 166, page 169] in Sloan, Julie L., Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Rizzoli, 2001).