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Drawing, Light Fixture and Plan of Glass Disc for Mr. Allen's Study and Mrs. Allen's Dressing Room, 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, pen and brown ink, color pencil 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
29 x 25.1 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, right margin: H. J. Allen; CEILING LINE / METAL / SECTION THRU WOOD / PLATE AT CEILING; center left: PLAN OF / GLASS DISK / SHOWING / WOOD BLOCKS / & CORD; center right: PLAN OF / GLASS DISK / SHOWING / LINES & HOLDS / FOR CORD / GROONE GLASS; lower center: SCALE 3"=7'-0" / FIXTURE FOR MR. ALLEN'S STUDY / & FOR MRS. ALLEN'S DRESS. RM. / NIEDECKEN CO. / INTERIOR-ARCHITECTS.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Light Fixture and Plan of Glass Disc for Mr. Allen's Study and Mrs. Allen's Dressing Room, 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, pen and brown ink, color pencil on tracing paper; 29 x 25.1 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1983-1-31
