The Dana house,
designed in 1902 by Frank Lloyd Wright in Springfield, Illinois, was
technically a remodeling of a Victorian house. When the sprawling
structure was finally completed, only one wall of the original building
remained. This beautiful rug is based on a rendering of the Dana
interior from the influential Wasmuth portfolio, a monograph on Wright's
work published in Berlin in 1910. Interestingly, an original rug of this
design surfaced a few years ago from Wright's Francis Little house, in
Peoria, of the same year. |