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Piano Bench and Taboret, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, KA

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Architect

    Frank Lloyd Wright, (American, 1867–1959)

    Client

    Henry J. Allen

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Furniture pieces shown in perspective at right and left. At left, is piano bench draped with cloth next to vase and books. At right, taboret, also adorned with cloth runner and potted bonsai tree.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds

    Date

    1917

    Accession Number

    1983-1-3

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    furniture

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Graphite, color pencil on cream tracing paper

    Dimensions

    37 x 45cm (14 9/16 x 17 11/16in.)

    made in

    USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45c9618e0-1f80-450a-b159-a994eceee668

    Record ID

    chndm_1983-1-3

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