Built-in furnishings and a repetition of geometric forms gave Frank Lloyd Wright's rooms a sense of simplicity and order. Frank Lloyd Wright designed this living area for the Thaxter Shaw House, Montreal, Canada in 1906.
Thaxter Shaw House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Unlike the cluttered rooms of the Victorian era, homes by Frank Lloyd Wright had open spaces and an orderly arrangement of furnishings.
Thaxter Shaw House, Living Area, 1906. Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Ink, pencil, and watercolor. Dimensions: 16 x 26
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