Wright's first major residential commission. Springfield, IL
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Believing that the architect should create total environments, Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs included art glass windows, furniture, and lighting. This decorative tile is based on the abstract sumac motif used throughout the Wright-designed Dana-Thomas House. The House was built for Susan Lawrence Dana, a social activist and socialite, in 1902. Because of the unlimited budget of his patron, Frank Lloyd Wright created some of his finest and most detailed art glass compositions for the elaborate home in Springfield, Illinois. Many are geometric abstractions of natural elements with the Midwestern sumac plant as the primary motif. The natural form has been interpreted, reduced to its basic geometry, and used in a variety of ways on more than two hundred windows, doors, skylight panels, and light fixtures throughout the home. The rich amber and brown palette mirrors the autumnal color scheme of the prairie. Handcrafted in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Dana House photographed by Carol Highsmith July 6th 2007. Notes: Springfield's Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright's early "Prairie" houses. The structure has changed little since its construction in 1902-04 for Springfield socialite and women's activist Susan Lawrence Dana.
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Formal entrance. Springfield, IL. www.dana-thomas.org
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This stunning Frank Lloyd Wright Dana Window Wood Art Screen Wall Panel is adapted from the suspended art glass curtain in the Gallery Wing in the Susan Lawrence Dana House (Springfield, Illinois, 1904). The Dana panel measures 31.5" x 11.5" x 0.5" depth and is created in laser cut cherry veneered MDF. Includes one sawtooth hanger and hardware. PLEASE NOTE: Expedited shipping, and gift wrap are not applicable. Ships in 1-2 weeks. This panel can only be shipped Ground and within the contiguous United States.
NRHP #74000774 This wonderful house was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The house museum is now closed due to the stupidity and political corruption that exists in the Illinois government. It is the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed structure to have all of its original furnishings inside. There are approximately 450 art-glass windows, skylights, door panels, sconces, and light fixtures for the house as well as 100 pieces of free-standing white oak furniture. In 1981, the state government bought the house for one million dollars instead of having everything broken up. There was a complete restoration between 1985 and 1990 that cost the taxpayers millions of dollars. Even though it was a popular tourist attraction, the governor closed the museum indefinitely due to budget cuts. Here's an article about the final day: www.sj-r.com/news/x776465273/Doors-close-at-Dana-Thomas-H... DON'T WORRY...IT'S BACK IN BUSINESS!
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The main entry door to the Dana-Thomas house in Springfield. I really enjoyed the tour. No photography allowed inside unfortunately.
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"Mr. Hoffmann's magisterial command of the vast Wright literature is matched by his gift for placing the architect in the broader cultural crosscurrents of his time … long a respected Wright authority, [he is in] the very forefront of his peers."—The New York TimesBuilt in Springfield, Illinois, in 1902–04 for socialite Susan Lawrence Dana, the lavish home known as the Dana House was designed for extensive entertaining and for housing the owner's art collection. The house was the largest and most ornamental residence Frank Lloyd Wright had constructed up to that time.The lines, dynamic structure, decorative sculpture, and a thousand other felicities of this magnificent house are captured here in a handsome pictorial essay by noted architectural historian Donald Hoffmann. More than 160 rare photographs and line drawings—including interior and exterior views, plans, elevations, sketches, and studies—clearly document Wright's residential masterpiece. The informative and perceptive text discusses the history and background of the house; its site, plans, and construction; the elements and principles underlying its design, and many other aspects of the home's creation. architecture; frank lloyd wright; chicago; springfield; illinois; prairie school; dwelling; dana thomas house;
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