The Ward W. Willits house is considered one of the first great Prarie School houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house presents a symmetrical facade to the street and seamlessly combines architecture with nature. The plan is a cruciate with four wings extending from a central fireplace. In addition, Wright designed the furniture for the house, stained-glass windows (lightscreens), and wooden screens that divided rooms.
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1867, and Taliesin, Wright's home, studio and country estate, is located in the hilly Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin near Spring Green. Wright's “Prairie style” became the basis of 20th-century residential design in the United States, and his furniture, art, and writing was crucial to twentieth-century architectural development and has a profound influence on the decorative arts to this day.
Details
- Hangs approximately 1.25 inches
- Polished brass
- Posts are plated hematite
- Glass beads
- Electro-plated with non-tarnishing silver finish
- Gift box with information card
