Lot Essay
cf. David Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1989, pp. 24,25 for similar examples
THE PROPERTY OF MRS. ANTHONY ALLEN CAMELLI
A COPPER WEED HOLDER
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A COPPER WEED HOLDER
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JAMES A. MILLER AND BROTHER, CIRCA 1895
With a very long and slender shaft of four slightly indented sides supported by a square knop, each side with recessed panel stepping down to an oval protrusion turned an eighth of a turn from the shaft, the four-sided base repeating the plane of the shaft--29in. (73.7cm.) high
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, EXECUTED BY JAMES A. MILLER AND BROTHER, CIRCA 1895
With a very long and slender shaft of four slightly indented sides supported by a square knop, each side with recessed panel stepping down to an oval protrusion turned an eighth of a turn from the shaft, the four-sided base repeating the plane of the shaft--29in. (73.7cm.) high