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Frank Lloyd Wright

Library table

Maker

Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959), designer

Title

Library table

Year

1915-1916

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

poplar, laminate, oak, walnut veneer, walnut, brass (alloy), wood

Dimensions

86.4 x 274.3 x 96.5 cm (34 x 108 x 38 inches) (overall)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

George D. Gannett Fund

Object Number

2004.28

Type

Publications

Articles

Objects by Architects

Exhibition History

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries
Dec 18, 2015
Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

This table is an example of the Prairie School style, a uniquely American aesthetic which shared the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement but rejected historical revivalism. The Midwest’s vast, open, and flat topography is celebrated in the Prairie School’s strong horizontal planes, with architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright passionately promoting this balanced relationship between nature and the built environment.

Commissioned for the Sherman Booth House in Glencoe, Illinois, the table mimics the architectural vocabulary of the residence: the cantilevered top over square legs and the intersection of the table top with the center cabinet echo the spatial relationship of the Booth House with its central chimney.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959), designer
Library table, 1915-1916
Walnut, poplar, oak, and brass
86.4 x 274.3 x 96.5 cm (34 x 108 x 38 inches) (overall)
George D. Gannett Fund 2004.28

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