Willits House Dining Room Armchair
Designerdesigned by
Frank Lloyd Wright
(American, 1867 - 1959)
Collections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1902
Mediumoak
Dimensionsoverall: 45 × 23 × 20 in. (114.3 × 58.4 × 50.8 cm.)
DescriptionDark-stained oak armchair with leather seat cushion.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with the Virginia Steele Scott Acquisition Fund
Copyright© Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Label TextWright first created tall-back dining room chairs in 1895 for his own house in Oak Park, Illinois. By 1902, Wright had moved on to a new, more robust interpretation of the design for Ward W. Willits' house in Highland Park, Illinois. The Willits house chair is somewhat more subtle than its prototype, with slight flairs to the back, top and feet. Status
On viewObject number2012.15.1
Charles Sumner Greene
ca. 1907
Object number: 90.10