50 Favorite Furnishings By Frank Lloyd Wright

by Diane Maddex

This gorgeous volume celebrates the splendid furniture, art glass, and metalwork designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the world's noted and America's most popular architect. An illustrated introduction provides an overview of design principles and is followed by three Furniture, Art Glass, and Decorative Objects. Elegant full-color photographs and an authoritative text profile fifty of the best-loved signature designs that the architect created to complement his famous architectural interiors. Written by a Wright specialist, this lush companion to its successful predecessor, Fifty Favorite Rooms by Frank Lloyd Wright, offers an approachable look at the architect's definitive decorative style.

Genres: Architecture

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[quoms · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures are large and very high quality, so it's an excellent resource for that. The text does a good job of tracing the arc of Wright's changing aesthetic sensibility throughout his career, but is hampered by an avoidance of negativity (I don't know how you write about this furniture without talking about how obscenely uncomfortable much of it is, even by period standards).

I do like the attempts to correct attribution on the many pieces not personally designed by Wright. Not because they're worse or less legitimate, just... credit where credit's due.

[Bill Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author made great choices from the substantial options available. Also, the photographs of each item were easily matched with the description's precise language. I'm normally at a loss for discerning particular elements from descriptions since I don't know the jargon sufficiently but I didn't have that problem with this book. Highly recommended if you're a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright!