Prairie School Furniture: Works in Exhibition

Frank Lloyd Wright, Baluster, 1894, Terracotta, From the Robert W. Roloson houses, 3213-3218 Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the Antiquarian Society.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Pair of Tiles, 1895, Terracotta, From the Francis Apartments, 4304 Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of Tim Samuelson, Chicago.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Ventilator Grille, 1895, Cast iron, From the Francis Apartments, 4304 Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore Fund.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Urn, 1899, Copper, From the Edward C. Waller house (remodelled by Wright) Auvergne Place, River Forest, Illinois, Courtesy of Marilyn and Wilbert Hasbrouck, Palos Park, Illinois.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Dining Table, 1902, Oak, From the William G. Fricke house, 540 Fair Oaks Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Lent anonymously.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Window, “Tree of Life” motif, 1904, Leaded glass, From the Darwin D. Martin house, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, New York (demolished), Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley, through the Antiquarian Society.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Library Table, 1908, Oak, From the Ray W. Evans house, 9914 Longwod Drive, Chicago, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Fahrenwald.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Arm Chair, 1908, Oak, From the Ray W. Evans house, 9914 Longwod Drive, Chicago, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Fahrenwald.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Window, 1908, Leaded glass, From the Ray W. Evans house, 9914 Longwod Drive, Chicago, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Fahrenwald.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Side Chair, 1909, Oak, From the dining room suite designed for the Frederick C. Robie house, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of The University of Chicago, Adlai Stevenson Institute, courtesy of The Chicago School of Architecture Founation, Glessner House, Chicago.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Side Chair, 1904, Oak, From the Frederick C. Robie house, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of the University of Chicago, Adlai Stevenson Institute.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Side Chair, 1908, Oak, From the Avery Conley house, 300 Scottswood Road, Riverside, Illinois, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lowenthal. (The smaller scale of this piece suggests it was, perhaps, a child’s chair.)

Frank Lloyd Wright, Two Windows, 1912, Leaded glass, From the Avery Conley playhouse, 350 Fairbanks Road, Riverside, Illinois, Courtesy of the B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Window, 1912, Leaded glass, from the Avery Conley playhouse, 350 Fairbanks Road, Riverside, Illinois, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Netsch, Chicago.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Window, 1912, Leaded glass, From the Avery Conley playhouse, 350 Fairbanks Road, Riverside, Illinois, Courtesy of Mr. John Vinci.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Pair of Floor Lamps, Oak and, originally, probably oiled paper, now fiberglass covered with silk, From the Sherman M. Booth house, Ravine Bluffs, 265 Sylvan Road, Glencoe, Illinois, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bloch, Glencoe, Illinois.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Wall Lantern, 1912, Hardwood, From the Sherman M. Booth house, Ravine Bluffs, 265 Sylvan Road, Glencoe, Illinois, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jay Abler, Libertyville, Illinois.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Pair of Candlesticks, 1913, Bronze, Probably from the Harry S. Adams house, 710 Augusta Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Courtesy of Mr. Tim Samuelson.

George W. Maher, Side Chair, 1897, Mahogany, From the John Farson house, 217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Courtesy of the Park District of Oak Park, Oak Park, Illinois.

George W. Maher, Section of a Portiere, 1910, “Thistle” motif, velvet with thistle design applied in satin damask held in place with machine embroidery, From the James A. Patten house, Ridge Avenue, Evanston. Illinois (demolished), Courtesy of The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.

George W. Maher, Side Chair, 1909, Oak, From the Earnest J. Magerstadt house, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of Mrs. Martha Field.

George W. Maher, Drafting table, From George W. Maher’s own home, 424 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, Illinois, Courtesy of Miss Violet Wyld, courtesy of The Chicago School of Architecture Foundation, Glessner House, Chicago.

George W. Maher, Table lamp, Bronze, Courtesy of The Chicago School of Architecture Foundation, Glessner House, Chicago.

George Grant Elmslie, Side Chair, 1909, Oak, From the Harold C. Bradley house, Madison, Wisconsin, Courtesy of Alpha of Wisconsin, Sigma Phi, Madison, Wisconsin.

George Grant Elmslie, Door plate, 1909, Bronze, From the Harold C. Bradley house, Madison, Wisconsin, Courtesy of Alpha of Wisconsin, Sigma Phi, Madison, Wisconsin.

George Grant Elmslie, Tall clock, 1912, Mahogany, satinwood and brass, From the Henry B. Babson house, Riverside, Illinois (demolished), Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mrs. Theodore Tieken.

George Grant Elmslie, Pair of light fixtures, 1912, Painted brass, From the Henry B. Babson house, Riverside, Illinois (demolished), Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Quigg E. Lewis.

George Grant Elmslie, Pair of andirons, 1912, Bronze, From the Henry B. Babson house, Riverside, Illinois (demolished), Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Mrs. George A. Harvey.

George Grant Elmslie, Window, 1912, Leaded glass, From the Henry B. Babson house, Riverside, Illinois (demolished), Courtesy of Mr. Larry Kenny, Chicago.

George Grant Elmslie, Wicket, 1917, Bronze, From the First National Bank, Adams, Minnesota, Courtesy of Marilyn and Wilbert Hasbrouck, Palos Park, Illinois.

Louis H. Sullivan, Door plate, 1888, Courtesy of Marilyn and Wilbert Hasbrouck, Palos Park, Illinois.

Louis H. Sullivan, Door plate, 1892, Cast iron, From the Union Trust Building, St. Louis, Missouri.

Louis H. Sullivan, Door plate, 1891, Cast iron, From the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri, Courtesy of Mr. Herbert Kessler, Chicago.

Louis H. Sullivan, Door plate, 1894, Cast iron, From the Guaranty Building, St. Louis, Missouri, Courtesy of Marilyn and Wilbert Hasbrouck, Palos Park, Illinois.

Walter Burly Griffin, Window, 1908, Wood and glass, From the J. Benjamin Moulton house, 1328 Sherwin Avenue, Chicago, Courtesy of Mr. Tim Samuelson. (Although Griffin is of great importance, he is represented here by only one piece since much of his furniture was designed to be built into the house.)

Gustav Stickley, Side Chair, 1905, Oak, Lent anonymously, illustrated in the Craftsman magazine, 1905. (A prominent furniture manufacturer and editor of the influential Craftsman magazine, Stickley is included here because of his influence in encouraging taste in America for the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Characteristically more blocky and angular, Stickley’s furniture designs were of some influence on Prairie School architects.)