Tuesday, January 29, 2008

design 104

A friend was saying recently that he thought Frank Lloyd Wright could be a little too formulaic ~ and at the time I agreed. Then, I came across this fabric swatch, and was suprised and delighted to see it was designed by Wright ~ something out of the ordinary for sure. Wishing you a happy tuesday that is anything but formulaic...cheers!

(image: Printed silk and saponified rayon, textile "design 104" by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, manufactured by Schumacher & Company, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Charles L. and Jane D. Kaufmann Gift, 1991.131)

2 comments:

Michelle said...

wow I didn't know he designed any fabrics! i love the colors in this.dh

An Aesthete's Lament said...

Surely some intelligent company should reproduce this, yes? It's like mother-of-pearl discs strewn across deer suede.