Art Glass Details : Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House

The book is best described as a highly detailed glass pattern book. It contains thirty-five pages of precise drawings, detailing all of the art glass windows in the Hollyhock House. Located in Los Angeles, California this house was one of the last Wright houses that contained leaded art glass.

As with Wright's designs in general, his designs of art glass were not conventional. It takes an unconventional book, such as this, with superb drawings to adequately describe these designs. The major difference in Wright art glass design, compared to conventional art glass design, is that the designs heavily depend on the came configuration rather than the glass. This is more than adequately covered in the book by both text and graphics.

Page numbers are keyed to a plan view of the house so that the reader can readily locate the different window designs in the house. An easy to read chart is included for the identification of glass and zinc came by stock number for each window.

This unique book would be a welcome addition to the library of any Frank Lloyd Wright fan.