Developing a Style
Important Collaborations:
Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright
(American, 1867-1959)
Tall back side chair
Illinois (Chicago), 1900
Made by John W. Ayers & Co.
Oak, leather
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation in honor of David A. Hanks, 2006 2006.1439
© 1900 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Regional interpretations of the Arts and Crafts movement arose in the United States. In the Midwest, architects and designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright developed a modern, rectilinear style that captured the horizontal lines of the landscape. Wright designed this tall-back dining chair to counter the horizontal emphasis in the building and to create an intimate space within the open plan of the house.
Text courtesy of Nonie Gadsden, Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
