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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


Graphic Designs for the Taliesin Fellowship [Spring Green, Wisconsin] ()

Drawing: Taliesin 1 #1 1934, front and back cover; Sweeney # 2037

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 4022.014

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: Not recorded.
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/GRILLES/SCREENS.

Notes and comments: (a) This is the design for the first publication of the Taliesin Press. The final printing has a red square on the front cover and red circle, square and triangle, all with vertical lines un black. It is my library #0210. John W. Geiger 04/15/10

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [page 223] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1917-1942 (Volume 2) (Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2010).