The Prairie Style (popular ~1900-1920) was first pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1890s, and is regarded as the first distinctly American architectural style. Captivated by the flat, two-dimensional aesthetic of Japanese woodblock prints and the spatial openness of sliding shoji screens, Wright did away with customary illustrative designs of leaded glass art and instead employed abstract-geometric panels he called "light screens." Using clear glass, often with metallic and earth-toned accents, they filtered natural light and blurred the boundary between interior space and the outside.
This pair of leaded cabinet doors, though not literally from a Wright designed home, is still very much part of his lasting legacy. Their straight-line geometry taking on the appearance of abstracted wheat sheaf and native flowers of a Midwestern prairie. Originally cabinet doors, these panels and frames still possess their aged brass latches and hinges. Their clear wavy glass panes are from a time before perfected mechanized plate glass methods when glass was blown and formed largely by hand. Panels have recently been cemented, rendering the glass firm in place and lead nicely dressed.
Reinstall in a cabinet, use them in windows flanking your mantel, or simply hang on the wall - You can decide what and where their next life will be.
SKU: 21v21320
The Prairie Style (popular ~1900-1920) was first pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1890s, and is regarded as the first distinctly American architectural style. Captivated by the flat, two-dimensional aesthetic of Japanese woodblock prints and the spatial openness of sliding shoji screens, Wright did away with customary illustrative designs of leaded glass art and instead employed abstract-geometric panels he called "light screens." Using clear glass, often with metallic and earth-toned accents, they filtered natural light and blurred the boundary between interior space and the outside.
This pair of leaded cabinet doors, though not literally from a Wright designed home, is still very much part of his lasting legacy. Their straight-line geometry taking on the appearance of abstracted wheat sheaf and native flowers of a Midwestern prairie. Originally cabinet doors, these panels and frames still possess their aged brass latches and hinges. Their clear wavy glass panes are from a time before perfected mechanized plate glass methods when glass was blown and formed largely by hand. Panels have recently been cemented, rendering the glass firm in place and lead nicely dressed.
Reinstall in a cabinet, use them in windows flanking your mantel, or simply hang on the wall - You can decide what and where their next life will be.
SKU: 21v21320
OVERALL DIMENSIONS (Each):
27" Wide X .75" Deep X 29.125" High
26.875" Wide X .75" Deep X 28.50" High
WEIGHT: 10 lbs (Each)
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