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Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Sofa, Mahogany, Mid-Century Modern, 1955

About the Item

This authentic 1955 mid-century sofa from the Heritage Henredon "Taliesin" collection was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It features its original streamlined silhouette and textured cream upholstery, elegantly floating above a solid wood base. The standout feature is the beautifully preserved, signature geometric carved detailing on the legs, making it a rare and exceptional statement piece for any design collector. this can be reupholstered for additional costs.

Creator:
Frank Lloyd Wright (Designer),Heritage-Henredon (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 97 in (246.38 cm)Depth: 33 in (83.82 cm)Seat Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
1955
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. foam in backrest is hard. should be replaced.
Seller Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU6646250176332

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Without question the greatest architect the United States has ever produced, Frank Lloyd Wright and his philosophy of “organic architecture” — of buildings that exist in harmony with their natural surroundings — had a profound influence on the shape of modern life.

Wright gave us some of the most elegant and iconic buildings in America: residences such as Fallingwater, in rural Pennsylvania, the Robie House in Chicago, and Taliesin, Wright’s own home; and masterful institutional structures that include the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, the Johnson Wax headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Whenever possible, Wright designed the furniture for his projects, to ensure an affinity between a building’s exterior and interior.

Wright’s wooden chairs and tables for his “Prairie Houses” of the early 1900s have sleek, attenuated forms, influenced by both the simplicity of traditional Japanese design and the work of Gustav Stickley and other designers of the Arts and Crafts movement.

For Taliesin and several residential projects, Wright designed severely geometric chairs that are marvels of reductivist design. He revisited many of these forms in the 1950s in furniture licensed to the North Carolina firm Henredon, adding a decorative frieze-like element to the edges of tables and stools. Owing to a cross-licensing agreement between Henredon and Heritage at the time, Wright's lines of the era are usually labeled Heritage-Henredon.

The works on 1stDibs also show how happily Wright embraced new forms and materials. His desks and chairs for Johnson Wax have a streamlined look and use tubular steel to the same effect as designer Warren McArthur, who collaborated with Wright in the interiors of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. For the Price Tower (1956) in Oklahoma, Wright designed angular wooden desks as well as upholstered pedestal chairs made of chromed steel — audacious furniture for his tallest completed building project.

The beauty of Frank Lloyd Wright’s furniture designs is that while many of us wish we could live in one of his houses, his vintage sofas, storage cabinets and armchairs connect us directly to his architecture, and to the history he made.