Just Wright
During his seventy-year career as an architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) created more than 1,100 designs, half of which were realized and a large portion of which came about later in his life. One of earliest and largest private residences ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Susan Lawrence Dana House is famously dubbed the “blank check” commission where Wright was allowed unlimited funds and resources to create a Prairie School masterpiece for the influential Mrs. Dana in downtown Springfield, Ill. Part architectural wonder, part museum and part historical site, the house was built in 1902-1904 and is now owned by the state and has been designated a state historic site. Among the custom furnishings designed for the house, this magnificent tall-back chair survives. Standing 51 1/4 inches tall and 17 3/4 inches wide, the chair sold for $107,100 at Toomey & Co. Auctioneers this spring.
Photo: Toomey & Co. Auctioneers