Rug design for F.C. Bogk House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
F.C. Bogk (client)

Title:

Rug design for F.C. Bogk House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date:

between 1916 and 1918

Description:

- This rug design is composed of a long horizontal axis bisected by a shorter vertical axis, the ends of which are, in turn, bisected by short horizontal bars. The modules used seem to be based on the square and the golden mean. Although some of the larger areas surrounding the intersection are filled in with colour, some of the smaller spaces are left untouched, but numbered. These numbers are colour codes that refer to a rug colour chart composed of kraft paper with dyed wool samples tied onto the cards and numbered. The original rugs were made in Austria (Robertson, p. 65).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Graphite and coloured pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 55.5 x 88.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:0024

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. to b.: "RESIDENCE MR. F.C. BOGK DETAIL..RUGS [...] FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT NO. 1 & 5" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "Rugs Nos 1 + 5" [faint]; c.l.: "40" [sideways, on line between arrows]; and in various locations: with parts numbered for colour-coding inscribed - by an unknown hand, in ink, on label on verso of frame: "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) / 27. Dining Room Rug Detail, F.C. Bogk Residence / 1916 / Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Colored pencil on tracing paper / 22 x 34 3/4" / lent by the Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Art Center / gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Jacobson"

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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