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Frank Lloyd Wright commissions

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Frank Lloyd Wright lived an exceptionally long and productive professional life. John Geiger was interested in the ebb and flow of architectural commissions in the Wright studio over time. This search shows Wright commissions for given decades and years, though the project dates often imply the completion date for a commission rather than the sometimes lengthy period involved with development of a design. Some entries also refer to drawings made by Wright earlier in his career prior to establishing his own practice.

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).