Lot Details
Lot 127
Frank Lloyd Wright Arts and Crafts Oak Console Table
Probably for Taliesin East, Spring Green, Wisconsin, before 1914
Height 27 5/8 inches, width 6 feet 1/4 inch, depth 24 1/8 inches.
Provenance:
Frank Lloyd Wright to his niece Elizabeth Enright on her wedding (she was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright's sister Maginel Wright)
Thence by decent, to Nora Wright Natof, Wright's granddaughter
Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, IL, circa 1987
Purchased from Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, IL, November 23, 1988.
Taliesin East was the residential estate and studio built by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) outside of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wright completed the structure in 1911 only to have one-third of the property, the residential quarters, burned by a disgruntled employee in 1914, who also murdered Wright's mistress and six others on the estate. Taliesin East was rebuilt and then suffered a similar fire and was rebuilt again in 1925. The house is classic Prairie School design with courtyards and loggia blending with the natural surroundings. As with many of his commissions, Wright created the furniture to fill his spaces so that his vision would be completely realized. This console table relates to other furnishings that are known to have survived the 1914 fire.
C A Private Collection of Important Design
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