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Spindle Cube Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright

Spindle Cube Chair

Frank Lloyd Wright · 1902

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DETAILS
Artist
Frank Lloyd Wright
Date
1902
Medium
Poplar and leather
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
73.7 × 73.7 × 73.7 cm (29 × 29 × 29 in.)
Collection
Arts of the Americas
Culture
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society; Roger McCormick Purchase, Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation, Robert Allerton Purchase Income, Ada Turnbull Hertle, and Mary Waller Langhorne Memorial funds; Robert Allerton Trust; Pauline Seipp Armstrong Fund; Bequest of Ruth Falkenau Fund in memory of her parents; Wendel Fentress Ott Endowment Fund; Bessie Bennett, Elizabeth R. Vaughan, and Gladys N. Anderson funds; Estate of Stacia Fischer; The Goodman Fund; Maurice D. Galleher Endowment; Samuel P. Avery Fund; Charles U. Harris Endowed Acquisition Fund; Estate of Cora Abrahamson; Charles R. and Janice Feldstein Endowment Fund for Decorative Arts
ART MOVEMENTS
Arts and Crafts movement
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright, the visionary behind 'Fallingwater,' revolutionized American architecture with his philosophy of organic design.

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