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"Triangle Table" by Frank Lloyd Wright U.S.A. late 1940s This unusual table was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the late 1940s for use in his Meeting House of the First Unitarian Society, in Madison, Wisconsin. The Society commissioned Wright to create the design in 1946, with construction (of both the building and its furniture) beginning in 1949. Completed in 1951, the Meeting House is regarded as a milestone of Modernist ecclesiastical architecture. The form of this table -- indeed, the form of every element of the Meeting House, from its structure to its furnishings -- was subordinated to the motif of the triangle. In 1960, when the Meeting House was only nine years old, the AIA selected it as one of just seventeen buildings to be preserved as core examples of Wright's contribution to American culture. This table, created as an organic component of an important monument, is a relic of Wright's visionary method and originality. Provenance: Unitarian Meeting House, Shorewood Hills, Madison, Wisconsin Literature: The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Storrer, University of Chicago Press, 1993, p. 301 Price  Condition Well-used but completely presentable, even impressive, as is. Measurements Height: 26 in. Width/Length: 45 in. Depth: 45 in. Specifications Number of items: 1 Materials/Technique: plywood Creator: Frank Lloyd Wright Reference: U0909248091409 |
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