Fans of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright will now be able to own some of the master’s signature furnishings.
Copeland Furniture, a Vermont-based manufacturer of solid wood furniture, has signed a licensing deal with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to produce pieces based on the late master’s designs. The Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture collection debuts in fall 2006 at retailers across the U.S., and will include dining sets, bedroom sets, seating and occasional tables—nearly 20 pieces in all, with more expected to follow.
The initial collection will include furniture designed during the architect’s Prairie period of 1899-1910, and will be named for the houses in which they initially appeared. Expect geometric designs with dark wood finishes akin to other mission and arts and crafts furnishings. Pieces will be priced at the higher end of the spectrum, with a dining table and six chairs retailing for about $20,000--steep, perhaps, but a lot less than the six-figure sums the originals fetch at auction.
Previously, Cassina USA held the license for Wright’s furniture. That agreement expired at the end of 2005 and was snatched up by Copeland, which will continue to produce the barrel chair by Wright that Cassina made popular.
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Copeland Furniture, a Vermont-based manufacturer of solid wood furniture, has signed a licensing deal with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to produce pieces based on the late master’s designs. The Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture collection debuts in fall 2006 at retailers across the U.S., and will include dining sets, bedroom sets, seating and occasional tables—nearly 20 pieces in all, with more expected to follow.
The initial collection will include furniture designed during the architect’s Prairie period of 1899-1910, and will be named for the houses in which they initially appeared. Expect geometric designs with dark wood finishes akin to other mission and arts and crafts furnishings. Pieces will be priced at the higher end of the spectrum, with a dining table and six chairs retailing for about $20,000--steep, perhaps, but a lot less than the six-figure sums the originals fetch at auction.
Previously, Cassina USA held the license for Wright’s furniture. That agreement expired at the end of 2005 and was snatched up by Copeland, which will continue to produce the barrel chair by Wright that Cassina made popular.
