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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PROJECT DRAWINGS

DESIGN EVALUATIONS

John Geiger applied a rating system to 714 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions using a numerical range of 10 (highest importance) to 2 (lowest importance), stepped in increments of .5, to express his view of the importance of the designs. Only projects with an evaluation number appear in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail

Rug Design for Mr. and Mrs. David Wright [Phoenix, Arizona] (1951)

Drawing: Rug design

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 5121.001

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: 36 x 29"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Principal delineation attributed to: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Source of attribution: John H. Howe record (See: Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Annotated Lists of Drawings)

Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/FA/Carpets.

Notes and comments: Floor plan by Howe. Howe; probably Besinger, #0038, since he did the working drawings. John W. Geiger 03/31/96

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a color illustration [Figure or plate 349, page 299] in Riley, Terence and Reed, Peter (editors), Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994).

Appears as a color illustration [page 21] in Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly: 2006, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Phoenix, Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 2006).

Appears as a color illustration [Figure or plate 277, page 186] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Preliminary Studies, 1933-1959 (Volume 11) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1987).