RARE MUSEUM PIECE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SIGNED LETTER AND ENVELOPE. All written in PEN and INK in HIS HAND and Signed by FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1898 LETTER STATES: Jan 8, 1898c Editor of Inland Architect. Dear Sir, Will you kindly inform me as to the date you go to press with the February number of your paper as the American Luxfer Prism Co. Have an important announcement of a competition to make involving some five thousand dollars in prizes and would be pleased to have you give the matter publicity in your columns. Truly yours, Frank Lloyd Wright. He had it in his desk for years and when he died his grandson found the Letter intact and with the Envelope in crisp condition. I believe Wright sent the Letter as a means to announce his new Oak Park Studio and his satellite office in the Rookery in Chicago-thus the new Letterhead on the Letter and Envelope. A way to advertise his location and stature. He was always the promoter. Envelope: 5 3/8″ x 4 3/16″ Letter: 5 1/4″ x 4 1/8″ Wood Frame: 22 1/2″ x 18 1/2″ Framed with Archival Mounting, acid free, Premium Museum Glass. EXAMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – LUXFER GLASS Wright designed and eventually and eventually patented 45 variants of the Luxfer Prism for the American Luxfer Prism Company. The content and purpose of this letter is PARAMOUNT. It is “self-serving”; as Wright had a vested Interest in Luxfer Glass Co. Wright had his “Eyes on the Prize”. Read Below This Museum Piece has Historic Ramifications. 1898-Wright was 22 yrs old-”Spreading his Wings” in Oak Park. Resulting in many Homes Wright designed in the Area. Houses / Frank Lloyd Wright / Oak ParK. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio. Arthur Heurtley House – Frank Lloyd Wright. Walter Gale House – Frank Lloyd Wright. Moore House – Frank Lloyd Wright. Cheney House – Frank Lloyd Wright. Winslow House – Frank Lloyd Wright. The Hills-DeCaro House – Frank Lloyd Wright. Charles E Roberts Stable House. Wright designed and eventually and eventually patented 45 variants of the Luxfer Prism for the American Luxfer Prism Company. Wright’s patents for the Luxfer Prisms resulted in royalties with which he was able to construct a new Studio at his home in Oak Park. Typically installed in the upper registers of windows in both industrial and commercial spaces, these ribbed, 4-inch square sheets of glass used refraction to illuminate large, deep spaces with natural light. Wright’s many designs for Luxfer Prisms are distinguished by their geometric patterning. They feature abstract compositions made up of beading, squares. Circles, and ovals that are reminiscent of Friedrich Froebel’s Gifts that Wright engaged with as a child. Wright’s patents for the Luxfer Prisms resulted in royaltieswith which he was able to construct a new studio at his home in Oak Park. I have been Collecting FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT for Years. I own many Pieces of Furniture; and a Signed Book and this Letter. His Signature is CRISP and CLEAR. I was an Architect for one of his Builders in Wisconsin. To see my other Listings as you very well may find more TREASURES.
