Frank Lloyd Wright

Private Collection, Wisconsin

David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, p. 38
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage: Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, New York, 1989, p. 51
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, p. 93
Jennifer Komar Olivarez, Progressive Design in the Midwest, Minneapolis, 2000, p. 90
Wendy Kaplan, The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America: Design for the Modern World, New York, 2004, p. 266

Overall in good condition. The oak surfaces have been refinished and the leather seat cover has been replaced. The oak surfaces throughout with surface scratches, abrasions and edge wear with some associated edge losses (most prevalent to the legs) consistent with age and use. The mitered seat frame with seam separations to the front corners. The seat back is currently shifted slightly to the proper left side of the frame.
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Variants of this iconic model were utilized in many of Wright's early commissions, including the Larkin Administration Building in Buffalo, the Unity Temple in Oak Park, and the Robie House in Chicago.  Wright appears to have been particularly fond of the design, as examples were also used in the architect's Oak Park home and studio.