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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

City National Bank and Hotel [Mason City, Iowa] (1909)

Drawing: Desk elevations

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 0902.009

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.
Principal delineation attributed to: Drummond, William
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Furniture, Loose/Desk/wood.

Notes and comments: (a) See Arris, Kruty, p. 25 for a discussion of this drawing. John W. Geiger 01/18/09

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 5, page 26] in Kruty, Paul, At Work in the Oak Park Studio (Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2003). Note by John Geiger: Arris, V. 14, 2003, Journal of the South Ea

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 239, page 122] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 (Volume 3) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1987).