Socks - Hoffman House Rug Frank Lloyd Wright The Ramp Spirals cover design

The Ramp Spirals cover design is derived from several of Wright's projects and inspired by the spiraling ramps of Frank Lloyd Wright's circular building designs

(Phenology is the timing of cyclical events in nature

and wooden screens that divided rooms

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Socks - Hoffman House Rug Frank Lloyd Wright The Ramp Spirals cover designMax Hoffman was a European automobile importer for whom Wright designed a house and a building for his Jaguar dealership in New York City. The carpet design proposed for the living room of the Hoffman home featuring floating, intersecting circles with square accents, creating a cheerful atmosphere. Although the rug was not executed for that home, after Wrights death, it was woven and used in his own living room at Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin