Minneapolis Institute of Art

Weed holder

Designer: Frank Lloyd Wright; James A. Miller & Brothers

Date

c. 1895–1900

Medium

Copper

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Wright designed this weed holder shortly after establishing his own architectural practice in 1893. He used it in several of his interiors, including the octagonal library in his own studio in Oak Park (1898) and the dining room of the Susan Lawrence Dana house in Springfield, Illinois (1902). The unusually slender shape was meant to accommodate the prairie plants of the Midwest. United States, Americas

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