Sunday 17 February 2008

Furniture adds touch of Frank Lloyd Wright

If doing an entire house or even a room in Frank Lloyd Wright's austere, yet ample style seems Mission impossible, then consider acquiring a few unique pieces. Copeland Furniture in Bradford, Vt., which is licensed to do reproductions of the architect's home furnishings, introduced the Boynton dining chairs at last fall's International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C.

The chairs were designed in 1908 by Mr. Wright for the Boynton house in Rochester, N.Y., but the complicated compound curve of the back required skills and technology that did not exist at the time. The design, which has been in the archives for a century, will soon appear in retail showrooms.

Linder's Fine Furnishings on Yunker Street in McKees Rocks is the exclusive area outlet for Copeland's Frank Lloyd Wright series.

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