Martin House - Table of Contents ............... Darwin D. Martin House Complex- Table of Contents
Martin House - Table of Contents
............... Darwin
D. Martin House Complex- Table of Contents
Second
floor - Darwin D. Martin
House
On this page below:
Photos taken in 2011 and in 2018
Edited ... Original found on HABS
Second floor Hall
2001 photo - Second floor Hall - Landing.
Note lack of sconces ... "Art glass" detailed below:
2001 photo - Second floor Hall.
The stained glass windows or "art glass" were integral to this complex. The lines of these windows are ruler straight, a design element embraced by Wright as he thought curves were representative of decadent decoration.
Wright called his windows "light screens" and considered them part of the walls, not merely holes in the walls. The windows were used to create textural changes within the rooms and to control the eye and shape its vision. In Wrightian homes windows were used to create subdued illumination or a "moonlight effect".
Above all Wright believed his windows were an integral part of his overall design and were meant to be appreciated as works of art and most definitely not to be covered with heavy draperies.
2018 photo - Second floor - Open space
Note sconces
2018 photo - Second floor Hall.
Foreground: Open space
2018 photo - Second floor - Landing
Second floor Master bedroom suite
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows partially washed out by sunlight
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Note narrow art glass in middle ... Pattern on flanking art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Original shower
Second floor Children's bedrooms (Dorothy and Darwin Jr.)
2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
Note balcony
2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
Closet door
Second floor Children's playroom
So named because of the floor
2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom
2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom
2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom
2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom
