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Drawing, Living Room Arm Chair and Carpenter-Type Chair, 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 on 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
25.2 x 56.4 cm (9 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: LIVING ROOM ARMCHAIR/ SEAT HEIGHT - 18 1/2"/ SEAT WIDTH - 21" BETWEEN ARMS/ SEAT DEPTH - 19"/ BACK HEIGHT - 17" OVERALL (STRAIGHT)/ BACK PITCH - 2 1/2"/ #7/ 1 of these/ LIVING ROOM - .. CARPENTER TYPE CHAIR/ BETWEEN ARM 21 1/2"/ SEAT HEIGHT - 17"/ SEAT DEPTH - 19"/ BACK HEIGHT (STRAIGHT) 17 1/2"/ BACK PITCH - 8" (all underlined); lower right: LIVING RM. FURNITURE/ DESIGNED FOR MR. H. J. ALLEN/ NIEDECKEN-WALBRIDGE CO./ INTERIOR ARCHITECTS/ indication of scale/ O. K. (2); #6 (all underlined); lower left: Detailed Dec 10 '17 (all underlined).
Cite this object as
Drawing, Living Room Arm Chair and Carpenter-Type Chair, 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 on tracing paper; 25.2 x 56.4 cm (9 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1983-1-19
