Frank Lloyd Wright

One of three original historically important late 19th century “sullivanesque” style exterior rollin furbeck residence colonette capital fragment designed by architect frank lloyd wright. The intricately designed and incredibly delicate plaster fragment was likely fabricated by the decorators’ supply company of chicago. The horse hair-reinforced plaster fragment has been carefully mounted in a custom-built mahogany wood wall-mount display bracket. The rollin furbeck house was a wedding present for rollin judson furbeck from his stockbroker father, warren f. Most likely, rollin’s mother, sophia wapples furbeck, was the one who made the decision to use frank lloyd wright as the architect. This house was once again financed by rollin’s father. Rollin’s brother, george, lived in his home until september of 1899, when he moved to another house. Since the time of the original owners, the rollin furbeck house has transferred ownership several times. The sheltering lowpitched hipped roofs with wide overhanging eaves, broad, central chimney, brick string courses and corbel table, window hood moldings and projecting sills of bedford limestone and banded windows are all pure prairie attributes emphasizing the horizontal. Other characteristic wright features include the continuation of the surface used on one story to the window sill level of the next story, the use of simple geometric shapes; and the implementation of architectural veiling with visually-protective colonnettes in front of textured diamond-paned windows. The house is considered a major transitional work for wright as his previous designs were either square or rectangular. With porches protruding toward the east and west, and the porte cochere at the south end of the home (as seen in the winslow house), the rollin furbeck house demonstrates a departure from the predictable, to the establishment of wright’s more sophisticated cruciform and pinwheel layouts. The influence of louis sullivan is still apparent at this time, as seen in the stylized-leaf ornamentation of the capitals crowning the colonnettes (located in the stacked loggia-inspired areas of the tower). A larger, more complete fragment is available. The item “19th Century Plaster Fragment from the Frank Lloyd Wright Rollin Furbeck” is in sale since Thursday, February 16, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Fairs, Parks & Architecture\Buildings”. The seller is “urbanremains” and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.