South Central Region

Art object - Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959)Side Chair from the Gregor Affleck House (Bloomfield Hills, MI), 1940–41

Look, I  am polished and shiny, a proud being with

Only one leg but a sturdy spine to support it,

Named after Gregor Affleck, I lived in his house

Though he was not the one who brought me to life,

I was an adopted son entertaining his guests -

Many have stroked me, many sat on my lap

Many days, many years ago…

I forgot all the names, hands, and bodies

Except this man, who came late to a party one night

He entered the room, glanced at me and I felt it

In all grains of my skin, in all veins of my wooden flesh -

He was the one who first saw

My image in a piece of a simple cypress plywood

And called me to life with his sight,

Put his signature on my leg, a sign for direction

To be never lost or forgotten…

Strange name I heard whispered by admiring voices,

Frank Lloyd Wright -

The name engraved in my core