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Dana House vase
matte green-blue glazed ceramic
12"h
$210 ppd
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Candle Planter
Typically when Wright designed a house for someone he would also design its furnishings.   The Martin House (1904 Buffalo, NY)  was no exception.  The furniture designs for a formal Dining Room suite (The main table, chairs, side tables and some unique light standards to be placed on the corners of the main table.  Other Wright light standards can be seen in Robie, Meyer May, and Boynton houses.)  Based on an original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright archives and working with  an original oak base, the "Candle Planter" (light standard)  was reconstructed.  The Candle Planter's design incorporates four 7 ", bronze candlesticks with moveable glass or copper shades, and a wood base (oak or cherry)   with a 10 1/4" diameter blown glass or spun copper bowl.  Maximum height 29".
$5,000

Duo Flower Stand
This unique Flower Stand was designed for Repousse' copper at the request of James A. Miller of Chicago.  Like our "Pocket Vase", we see no evidence that this piece was ever produced.  Our reproduction is based on Frank Lloyd Wright's original drawing #9806.006 which was published in the book FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: Drawings for a living architecture and is now located in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.  The Flower Stand is 26" Tall with a 5 5/8" base.
$1,700

Vase from the Martin House

This 30 1/2" vase was designed in 1904 by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, NY.  Wright made many designs for decorative elements found throughout the Martin House, many were made, however some were never executed.   This design was found on a drawing for a bookshelf; it is unclear if this design was ever actually produced.
$1,600

Square Vase
When Frank Lloyd Wright designed the "Four Square" line of furniture for his Heritage Henredon collection, he designed accessories as complements to the furniture pieces.  Our vase, the smallest of the series of four square vases, was originally designed in olive wood with  a copper liner.  Although it was never put into production, a prototype was made by the New York company, Mimic.  The prototype was used in  the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful to help promote Wright's new line of furnishings.  Our reproduction is cast in bronze, it is designed to accommodate a standard 5 1/2" clay pot and is 8" square.
$2,000

Copper Urn
With its geometric design created by a series of interlocking square and circular motifs, this Frank Lloyd Wright "urn" first appeared in 1898 and was conceived in conjunction with the weed holder.  It was originally executed in copper repousse' by James A. Miller and Brothers of Chicago.  The influence of Wright's years of study with Louis Sullivan is apparent in the intricate nature of this urn.  It was one of Wright's favorite objects, appearing with minor decorative variations in several interiors.  It is known that at least nine were made, including those for the Dana house, Edward C. Waller house, Brownes, Bookstore and pairs for both the Coonley house and Wright's own home and studio.  18".
$5,200

Pocket Vase
This elegant "Pocket Vase" was designed for repousse' copper at the request of James A. Miller of Chicago.  Wright designed several vases that had a similar arrangement of openings ( A tall, central vase with small "pockets" arranged around the base)- Among them are the "skyscraper vase" (first seen in a 1907 exhibit of Wright's work at the Art Institute of Chicago) and Teco vase that Wright designed for the Unity Temple (Oak Park, IL, 1906).  To our knowledge this piece was never produced.  The drawing for this vase was published in the book  FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT drawings for living architecture in 1959  Finely crafted here in cast bronze, our vase stands 18" high with an 8 3/4" square base.
$3,600

Heritage Henredon Duo Vase
This Piece was originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a part of a collection of accessories to compliment his Heritage Henredon line of home furnishings.  Although it was never put into production, a prototype was made by the New York company Mimic.   The prototype was used in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful to help promote Wright's new line of furnishings.  Originally designed in olive wood with copper liners, our reproduction is in cast bronze.  It stands 21" high and is about 7 1/2" square at its base.
$3,200

Weed Holder
Wright's 29" weed holder was designed with a long and slender shaft of four slightly indented sides supported by a square shaft.  Each side has recessed panels stepping down to an oval protrusion turned an eighth of a turn from the shaft, and a four sided base repeating the plane of the shaft.  According to author Davis A. Hanks, the 'weed holder' was probably designed subsequent to Frank Lloyd Wright establishing an independent practice in 1893.  Its first documented appearance is in an historic 1895 photograph, taken in the architect's Oak Park home.  This "individual flower holder" became a familiar decorative object in his own residence and those of his clients.
$1,800
Candlestick or vase
This vase design was adapted from drawing #9806.007 in Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, to our knowledge, a design previously not executed. Measuring 7 " in height with a 3" base, this  or candle stick is available in two finishes.  A glass  vial for flowers and a bobeche to catch candle wax will be provided to insert into the pieces.
$360

Storer House Block
Designed in 1923 for the John Storer House, this  decorative panel is a reproduction of a concrete block that was used though out the house.  Wright's idea for the Storer House and other in the area, was to create a building system that was unique and indigenous to the area in which he was building, in this way, he said the building would be "organic"  He created a system of construction in which individual cast concrete blocks were "wove" together to create the "fabric" of the house.  Many of the blocks had plain, flat surfaces, however other were modeled to create interesting shadows and textures, both on the interior and the exterior.  Our block is a perforated, patterned block that was used for light grilles, room divided and a kind-of "curtain wall" in the bedrooms of the house.  Cast aluminum, sandblasted and lacquered, or copper plated and patinated. 16" square.
$170

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