Lot Essay
Sconces of this design were used in the Susan Lawrence Dana house in Springfield, Illinois as well as in the W.R. Heath house in Buffalo, N.Y.
Details
A GLASS AND BRONZE GILT WALL SCONCE
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, PROBABLY EXECUTED BY LINDEN GLASS CO., FOR THE FRANCES W. LITTLE HOUSE, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 1902
The center with pierced rectangular designs seperating panels of colored glass with iridescence, the frame with cubical devices at the corners (86.23.48a)--13 1/4in. (33.6cm.) high, 5in. (12.7cm.) wide, 4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, PROBABLY EXECUTED BY LINDEN GLASS CO., FOR THE FRANCES W. LITTLE HOUSE, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 1902
The center with pierced rectangular designs seperating panels of colored glass with iridescence, the frame with cubical devices at the corners (86.23.48a)--13 1/4in. (33.6cm.) high, 5in. (12.7cm.) wide, 4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) deep
Literature
Grant Carpenter Manson, Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1958, p. 124, fig. 82C and p. 126, fig. 82D for an illustration of the sconce as it appears in the breakfast alcove and the gallery of the Susan Lawrence Dana house