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Sweeton House Desk At Auction

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by Eric — last modified Sep 28, 2011

The current owner of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Sweeton House (which was just open for tours at the recent Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy 2011 Conference) posted on "Wright Chat" that one of the original desks separated awhile ago from the house was recently up for auction. See images after the jump... Tom Closser Auctions posted these images of this uniquely designed desk as part of the listing: It's a shame that the desk could...



 

 

Screen shot 2011-09-28 at 9.03.01 AM The current owner of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Sweeton House (which was just open for tours at the recent Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy 2011 Conference) posted on "Wright Chat" that one of the original desks separated awhile ago from the house was recently up for auction. See images after the jump...

Tom Closser Auctions posted these images of this uniquely designed desk as part of the listing:

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It's a shame that the desk could not be reunited with the house it was designed for, but at least records of it exist so that it can be replicated. See the original auction listing here.

Images via tomclosserauctions.com


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