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Design

1935-36 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Wright, Frank Lloyd (designer)
Place of origin
USA (designed)

A design for a rug intended for the Edgar Kaufmann Office.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Interiors
Textiles
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Blueprint
Blue-Printing
Brief description
Design for a rug for Edgar Kaufmann's office, by the office of Frank Lloyd Wright, blueprint, USA, 1935
Physical description
A design for a rug intended for the Edgar Kaufmann Office.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.5cm
  • Width: 88.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Contours of Mr E. J. Kaufmann's office showing outline of proposed rug 10th floor Kaufmann's Dept. Store' (Inscribed in blue ink)
  • (Inscribed in blue in with notes and dimensions)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edgar Kaufmann, Jr
Object history
This is a design for a rug intended for Edgar Kaufmann's office in Kaufmann's Department Store, Pittsburgh. The interior fittings and furniture of the office were given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Edgar Kauffman, Jr in 1974 (museum no. W.9:1-240-1974).
Subject depicted
Rug
Association
Pittsburgh
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
  • Wilk, Christopher. Frank Lloyd Wright : the Kaufmann office. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993. ISBN: 1851771050.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3097-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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