FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) AND GEORGE MANN NIEDECKEN (1878-1945)

Lot 354
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Lot 354 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) AND GEORGE MANN NIEDECKEN (1878-1945)
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) AND GEORGE MANN NIEDECKEN (1878-1945)

Drawing of the Hall and Stair Rugs for the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908

produced by Niedecken-Walbridge, Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

pencil and watercolor on paper

9 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (23.8 x 48.7 cm) (sheet)

inscribed HALL AND STAIR HALL RUGS FOR RESIDENCE OF MEYER S. MAY GRND RAPIDS MICH





Literature

B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1907-1913, Tokyo, 1987, pp. 72-75 (for a discussion of the commission)

C. Robertson, The Domestic Scene (1897-1927): George M. Niedecken, Interior Architect, Milwaukee, 1981, pp. 33 (for related illustrations of carpet designs)

Steelcase Inc., The Meyer May House Grand Rapids Michigan, Grand Rapids, 1987, pp. 10-11 (for photographs of the executed carpet)

Y. Futigawa, B. Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Houses I, Tokyo, 1991, pp. 182-197 (for period photographs of executed carpets and a discussion of the commission)

D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85 (for a discussion of the commission)

A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87 (for a discussion of the commission)
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