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Frank Lloyd Wright commissions

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

Frank Lloyd Wright produced projects for sites located in 48 American states and 10 foreign countries. Some unbuilt projects, graphics designs, and publications do not have locations given in the archival record and are absent in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail

Imperial Hotel, scheme 2 [Tokyo, Japan] (1915)

Drawing: Upolsteresd chair; plan and two elevations; perspective sketch

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1509.056

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: 16" x 20"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: Yes.
Principal delineation attributed to: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Furniture, Loose/Chair/overstuffed.

Notes and comments: (a) Inscribed at lower right: "Overstuffed Chair-A. Leather protection. FLLW Feb 3, 1921 - Tokio." Phoenix

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [page 278] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives (New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc., 1990).