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Portrait of a bearded man. Wright after Rembrandt van Rijn. Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 13 x 16.8 cm (5.12 x 6.61 inch). Condition: good, given age. Attached to a carrier sheet. Please study scan carefully. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Source: unknown, to be determined. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art. It is estimated Rembrandt produced a total of about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and two thousand drawings.
Item is in acceptable condition, with some signs of wear. Blemishes are stains on the cover, a tear on the first page, and other general signs of wear, consistent with a book from this era. Directory remains 100% functional, and 100% legible. Directory contains the names, addresses, and occupations of Frank Lloyd Wright, RW (Richard Warren) Sears, and Clarence Hemingway. Frank Lloyd Wright would have been roughy 36 years old at the time, Sears 40, and Hemingway 32. Clarence Hemingway was the father of Ernest Hemingway. Ernest would have been roughly 4 years old at the time.
Antique circa 1915 chair desk designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for install in the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Larkin Administration Building Buffalo NY. Historic Building and contents scrapped in typical WNY fashion, demolished during the early 1950′s. This example was removed by an engineer just prior to demolition of the building. Punched and folded steel construction with detachable cast iron feet by Van Dorn Iron Ohio USA. Attached canti lever swing out folding chair. Original stuffing and black leather upholstery at the chair seat and back. The desktop is not original, a wood top is currently bolted in place. The original top was poured magnesite, long gone, removed by the previous owner to allow for the install of the current wood top. Most, if not all desks, were used as bench lathe mount benches in the workshop after removal from the building. NY state did remove and store the FLW building contents for decades after the building was demolished only to later SCRAP IT ALL in the early 1970′s.
This is an extremely rare book – F. Schumacher Frank Lloyd Wright Wallpaper Book. Has over 148 pages of actual wallpaper samples and matching borders – influenced from Frank Lloyd Wright’s many buildings. Sections are divided by colorful page describing which FLW building is being depicted — Robie House, Taliesin, Hoffman House, Imperial Palace, Coonley House, etc. There are so many pictures i wanted to include — if you send a message request I can attach more — this book is in exceptional condition – considering age and number of times looked through in making design choices — see last picture to show the inside of back cover — however still the hard back cover securely attached and sound — price list is included. Pages are not torn, sturdy and not brittle –no smells — wonderful to see and feel the texture of the wallpaper — truly a rare find – museum worthy for sure. Approx size of book 13″ by 10″ by 2.5.
THE BOO HAS SOME WEAR AND BLEMISHES. SMELLS LIKE OLD PAPER. A VERY RARE BOOK OF HOME INTERIOR DESIGN. PLEASE USE THE PICTURES TO JUDGE THE ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HAVE A FEW WALLPAPER BOOKS LISTED CURRENTLY. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY SIMILAR ITEMS. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “mac0005″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.
- Place of Publication: new york city
- Language: English
- Illustrator: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1930s
- Region: american home design
- Publisher: f. schumacher hand loomed wallpaper weaves loom
- Topic: DOROTHY LIEBES, frank lloyd wright
- Subject: 1940s interior design home decor sample book
- Character Family: wallpaper weaves
- Year Printed: 1940