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SDR
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Maybe you have a picture of that, Jeff ?
What is that metal foil doing at the Palmer Tea House fixture ? Is it supposed to reflect light, or protect the wood from heat, or . . . ?
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Jeff Myers
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It is in Frank Lloyd Wright Mid Century Modern
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dtc
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Just at the time you thought you've seen it all. The Palmer tea house workspace deck illustrates an attempt to reflect additional light onto the work surface below. This is the first recessed light without a light box. Is this original to the tea house or was it added by a handyman at some later date?
The aluminum foil looks like standard issue from a kitchen...this can't be from Howe's working drawings. Or can it? |
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dtc
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Good memory Jeff. I've forgotten all about the senior Price's winter get away in Phoenix.
I don't believe the nature of this lamp appears in Wright's work before or after this usage. |
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Education Professor
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:35 am Post subject: |
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dtc........I am likewise unsure whether it is original to the tea house.
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SDR
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Boy, that IS an interesting fixture at Price, Sr. Here is the photo Jeff mentioned, and a detail.
Alan Weintraub photo
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ozwrightfan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| As a side issue, did you notice the top end edge detail on the coffee table. A waterfall edge that hangs below the underside of the top. I have not seen that before in this coffee table design. |
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SDR
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Yes, it caught my eye for the first time, as well. (Isn't Mr Wright a never-ending source of wonder and delight ?) Yet another variant of the ubiquitous coffee table. Note that the top echos that of the serial dining table element. In the unusual black-and-white photo linked by Mr Myers we see a serpentine decorative detail to the underside of the dining table . . .
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JMD
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject: Sunday House Light Fixture |
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Regarding the hanging light fixture in the Sunday House:
We checked the drawings from Taliesin and spoke to Mrs. Sunday. The light fixture was part of the revised original plans for the house. While the Taliesin number for the house is 5522, the drawings were signed by Wesley Peters June 3,1959, so we believe that Howe has the responsibility for this light. The house was originally a Usonian Automatic design, but Bob couldn't make the block to his satisfaction, so he asked to have it drawn again to use brick ( hence the later date on the drawings.) |
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peterm
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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The light fixture at Price is certainly an anomoly in Wright's oeuvre (assuming it is a Wright creation...) It is more reniniscent of Italian designs of the period, especially Arteluce and Arredoluce:
http://www.rewirela.com/itemdetails.php?id=562139
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=498477
Off topic a little, but I've always wanted to know other people's thoughts about the suspended celing at the Price House. Does anyone find it attractive? In theory, I have no problem with it, but... |
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Wrightgeek
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peterm-
As I looked at that interior photo of the Price Residence, I wondered what that ceiling material was, and it occured to me that it could possibly be a suspended ceiling, but I thought that was highly unlikely.
To answer your question, it is not to my liking, and it comes across in the photo as though it has not been well tended to over the years.
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Jeff Myers
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Price has a Cemesto ceiling
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Wrightgeek
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| Isn't cemesto a type of synthetic panel used in suspended ceiling applications? In any event, it does not look good to me. |
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Education Professor
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We had a Cemesto ceiling in my old middle school gymnasium....my guess is that it was a relatively inexpensive product. I'm not sure how the asbestos issue with the Cemesto boards was addressed during the renovation of the gym in the late 1990's. The asbestos issue may be the reason why the ceiling in the Price house has remained relatively untouched over the years.
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