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PROPERTY FROM THE STEELCASE CORPORATE ART COLLECTION
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) AND GEORGE MANN NIEDECKEN (1878-1945)
Drawing of the Hall and Stair Rugs for the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) AND GEORGE MANN NIEDECKEN (1878-1945)
Drawing of the Hall and Stair Rugs for the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908
produced by Niedecken-Walbridge, Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
pencil and watercolor on paper
9 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (23.8 x 48.7 cm) (sheet)
inscribed HALL AND STAIR HALL RUGS FOR RESIDENCE OF MEYER S. MAY GRND RAPIDS MICH
Drawing of the Hall and Stair Rugs for the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908
produced by Niedecken-Walbridge, Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
pencil and watercolor on paper
9 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (23.8 x 48.7 cm) (sheet)
inscribed HALL AND STAIR HALL RUGS FOR RESIDENCE OF MEYER S. MAY GRND RAPIDS MICH
Literature
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1907-1913, Tokyo, 1987, pp. 72-75 (for a discussion of the commission)
C. Robertson, The Domestic Scene (1897-1927): George M. Niedecken, Interior Architect, Milwaukee, 1981, pp. 33 (for related illustrations of carpet designs)
Steelcase Inc., The Meyer May House Grand Rapids Michigan, Grand Rapids, 1987, pp. 10-11 (for photographs of the executed carpet)
Y. Futigawa, B. Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Houses I, Tokyo, 1991, pp. 182-197 (for period photographs of executed carpets and a discussion of the commission)
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85 (for a discussion of the commission)
A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87 (for a discussion of the commission)
C. Robertson, The Domestic Scene (1897-1927): George M. Niedecken, Interior Architect, Milwaukee, 1981, pp. 33 (for related illustrations of carpet designs)
Steelcase Inc., The Meyer May House Grand Rapids Michigan, Grand Rapids, 1987, pp. 10-11 (for photographs of the executed carpet)
Y. Futigawa, B. Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Houses I, Tokyo, 1991, pp. 182-197 (for period photographs of executed carpets and a discussion of the commission)
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85 (for a discussion of the commission)
A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87 (for a discussion of the commission)
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Michael Jefferson
International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President