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DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JAMES A. MILLER,PROBABLY FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S HOME AND STUDIO, CIRCA 1895
Of large spherical form set on a four part foot, the vessel finely worked in repoussé with four circular designs with thumb-print detailing within an elaborate gothic frame (86.24.01)--17 1/2in. (44.5cm.) high
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JAMES A. MILLER,PROBABLY FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S HOME AND STUDIO, CIRCA 1895
Of large spherical form set on a four part foot, the vessel finely worked in repoussé with four circular designs with thumb-print detailing within an elaborate gothic frame (86.24.01)--17 1/2in. (44.5cm.) high
Literature
David Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, Preservation of an Architectural Heritage, E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1989, p. 144; other examples in David Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1979, pp. 70-71; pp. 69-72 for a discussion of the model: Robert Judson Clark, ed. The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916 Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1972, p. 69; Sharon Darling, Chicago Metalsmiths, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, 1977, p. 71