An Important Oak Library Table

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JOHN W. AYERS CO., FOR THE LIVING ROOM OF THE B. HARLEY BRADLEY HOUSE, KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, CIRCA 1900

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An Important Oak Library Table
Frank Lloyd Wright, Executed by John W. Ayers Co., for the Living Room of the B. Harley Bradley House, Kankakee, Illinois, circa 1900
27in. (70.5cm.) high, 92in. (234.2cm.) wide, 33in. (85cm.) deep

來源

Christie's New York, December 12, 1987, lot 102

出版

Henry-Russell Hitchcock, In the Nature of Materials, 1958, fig. 57 for an illustration of this desk in situ. See also: David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1978, p. 75; Grant Carpenter Mason, Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, 1958, fig. 80, p. 116; Dover Publications, The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, (The Ausgefuhrte Bauten of 1911), 1982, p. 25; Edgar Kaufman, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum, 1982, p. 12; Frederick Gutheim, ed., In the Cause of Architecture, 1975, p. 78, for an illustration of the desk as it appeared in The Architectural Record of 1908.

拍品專文

Located on the banks of the Kankakee Rivers, the Bradley house is an expansive structure that appears to nearly float above its site. Almost indecipherable in photographs, the house has a strong Japanese influence witnessed in its flaring gables and ground hugging elevations. Mrs. Bradley was the sister of Mrs. Hickox (see lots 497 and 498) and Mrs. Charles Roberts, both of whom had houses designed by Wright. Mrs. Hickox' house was next door.