Product Description

Book contains 20 scale line drawings of windows from houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. There is a description of the unique glass and came used and a picture of the special came cutting machine. Twelve houses are represented. Drawings include windows from the Dana House, the Bradley House, the Martin House, the Robie House, the Coonley Residence and the Coonley Playhouse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #742442 in Books
• Published on: 1994-07-30
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• 34 pages

About the Author
Dennis Casey has 40 years experience in graphic arts, drafting, engineering and design. The past ten years has been spent detailing the art glass designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. Dennis lives on San Bruno Mountain overlooking San Francisco, California. He resides there with his wife and two sons.

Customer Reviews

Just what I was looking for to do crafts
I ordered this and Volume II at the same time. I was looking for good detailed line drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright window designs, not for doing stained glass, but for other crafts. I had done several ceramic tiles with his simple designs. Dard Hunter designs also worked well for this, but was looking for something I could do in ceramics or mosaics. These books are perfect! Nice one-sided pages, on quality paper, and a lay-flat binding. I forget what the binding is called, but it is the plastic half-tube with many little tabs, like what you'd find in a workbook or marketing presentation. In Volume I, there are 12 residences/buildings represented, and 20 pages of window drawings. There are several pages of came details as well. It's nice to see the how one window may have been a side light window to another more (or much less) elaborate center window.

In Volume II some of the same buildings/houses are represented, but not the same windows in Volume I, and other houses too. There is also a section in Volume II for showing how to resize the designs. There are less came details in II, but it did not matter to me since I wasn't using the books for that purpose. The resizing section showed how quickly the design can look all wonky if stretched or shrunk incorrectly.

I've already gotten better details of a design I wanted to tackle, better than guessing from a small window hanging or lamp photo. So if you want the detail of "is that line 1/3 the width or more like 1/2...or is it really 3 skinny sections???" These books will be a big help--just looking at the drawings will be an inspiration!