A COPPER WEED HOLDER

DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JAMES A. MILLER AND BROTHER, FOR AN ANONYMOUS COMMISSION, CIRCA 1900

Details

A COPPER WEED HOLDER
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, executed by James A. Miller and Brother, for an anonymous commission, circa 1900
29.1/8in. (74cm.) high
with paper label Frank Lloyd Wright Weed holder 1893 Copper 74.9*11.4 cm. 3116 K

Provenance

Christie's New York, June 11, 1988, Lot 116

Lot Essay

cf. David Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, pp. 20, 33, 70; Robert Judson Clark, Ed., The Arts & Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, 1972, p. 68; Isabelle Anscombe & Charlotte Gere, Arts & Crafts in Britain and America, 1979, p. 182. See Brian A. Spencer, The Praire School Tradition, p. 51 for illustrations of other examples.