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Frank Lloyd Wright : interiors and furniture / Thomas A. Heinz.

By: Heinz, Thomas A.
Contributor(s): Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Berlin : New York : Academy Editions ; Ernst & Sohn ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1994Description: 264 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.ISBN: 1854902962.Subject(s): Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 | Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 | Architect-designed furniture -- United States | Interior architecture -- United States | Interior decoration -- United StatesDDC classification: 749.092 WRI
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This definitive visual record features a cross-section of Wright's freestanding and built-in furniture. Heinz's introduction precedes a chronological tour through Wright's houses with several buildings explored in depth, including the Susan Lawrence Dana House, the Ward Willits House, and the later, more expansive, Barnsdall House. His 'Usonian' period is examined together with the fabrics, rugs and colours which Wright worked on concurrently.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262).

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CHOICE Review

This photographic study of Wright's furniture and interiors represents an expansion of David Hank's pioneering The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright (CH, Jul'79). The text is organized chronologically, with four primary chapters on Wright's pre-Prairie, Prairie, post-Prairie, and post-1936 work plus two additional chapters on Wright's commercial line for Heritage Henredon and on colors, materials, and detail. With nearly 400 photographs, this study constitutes a uniquely valuable visual resource on Wright's decorative designs; but the writing, which is mostly confined to captions, lacks consistency and often raises as many questions as it answers. The captions contain many sound formal and structural observations, but they also include editorializing comment, speculation, odd facts, repetition, comments about the whereabouts of objects, and references that seem to lead nowhere. There is no summarizing view. What percentage of Wright's work is represented here? What determined what is included? How often did Wright design complete furniture ensembles for clients? Did he do partial ensembles? A list of opus numbers, a bibliography, and a glossary conclude the text. General; upper-division undergraduate through professional. J. Quinan; SUNY at Buffalo

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Thomas A Heinz is an architect and writer who is based in Chicago. He is a keen observer and photographer, specialising in architecture and design. He practises architecture throughout the United States and also works in the field of furniture manufacture. In the past he has written both articles and books on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, including a volume on his architecture, an architectural monograph, and Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, published by Academy Editions.