For sale – Original brick fragment from Frank Lloyd Wright’s stunning Ennis House. I live in the Los Feliz neighborhood and in the mid-2000′s the house underwent massive renovations due to structural and erosion issues. To my shock, huge amounts of the original bricks were just being tossed into dumpsters and carted away to the dump. I asked the foreman overseeing the project if I could have a few of the bricks in the dumpster and he agreed. I’ve enjoyed them for many years but now have decided to downsize and to part with this one. The brick fragment is made of cast decomposed granite and clearly shows Wright’s classic design. The brick measures 12″ x 9″ x 4.5 and weighs. The brick comes with a letter of provenance from me. And please check out my other listings as I’m downsizing my extensive collection of memorabilia. More about the house. The Ennis House is a residential dwelling in the. United States, south of. The home was designed by. For Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923 and was built in 1924. Of Los Angeles, the structure is the fourth and largest of Wright’s. Designs, constructed primarily of interlocking pre-cast. In the northern Los Angeles area. The design is based on ancient. And along with other buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, such as the. Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House. The Ennis House is sometimes referred to as an example of the. Its prominent detail is the relief ornamentation on its 27,000 perforated and patterned decomposed granite blocks. Inspired by the symmetrical reliefs of. The Ennis House is a designated city, state, and national landmark. From 2011 until 2019, it was owned by billionaire. The item “Frank Lloyd Wright Original Ennis House Brick Fragment from1920s. RARE! RARE” is in sale since Sunday, March 28, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Architectural & Garden\Other Architectural Antiques”. The seller is “dealex66″ and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
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