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Drawing, Living Room Furniture, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Frank Lloyd Wright and designed by George Mann Niedecken and made for (as the client) Henry J. Allen and Elsie J. Nuzman (Mrs. Henry J.) Allen. It is dated 1917 and we acquired it in 1983. Its medium is graphite, color pencil on beige tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds.

Its dimensions are

33.9 x 40.7 cm (13 5/16 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, from left to right: NOTE:/ THIS CHAIR TO BE/ USED/ ALSO ON 2ND/ FLOOR...HALL/ LIVING ROOM...SIDE CHAIR/ SEAT HEIGHT - 17"/ SEAT WIDTH - 18"/ BACK HEIGHT - 16 1/2"/ BACKPITCH - 4"/ L.R. LAMP/ HEIGHT OVERALL - 6' 2"/ SHADE - 2' 0" DIAM/ SHADE SILK/ WITH SILK TASSELS + WOOD/ ORNAMENTS (all underlined); in ruled borders; LIVING RM. FURNITURE/ DESIGNED FOR MR. H. J. ALLEN/ NIEDECKEN-WALBRIDGE CO. INTERIOR ARCHITECTS/ SCALE 1 1/2" = 1' 0" (all underlined); left center: cane in/ back with cushion/ heavy over same; 2 of these/ 2 of these (all underlined); right: frame #60 - Colonial . 24" diam. 7 3/4 deep (all underlined); upper right: WOOD/ silk shade/ with silk tassels/ = wood ornament (all underlined); below design: 10 of these #10/ OK (all underlined).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Living Room Furniture, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas; Designed by George Mann Niedecken (1878–1945); Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959); Client: Henry J. Allen, Elsie J. Nuzman (Mrs. Henry J.) Allen; USA; graphite, color pencil on beige tracing paper; 33.9 x 40.7 cm (13 5/16 x 16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1983-1-18

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