Niedecken, George Mann

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Name
Niedecken, George Mann Gender: M
born on 16 August 1878 at 04:00 (= 04:00 AM )
Place Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 43n02, 87w54
Timezone LMT m87w54 (is local mean time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_leocol.18.svg 23°21' s_mo.18.svg s_aricol.18.svg 00°54 Asc.s_leocol.18.svg 09°42'



Portrait of George Mann Niedecken 
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George Mann Niedecken
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Biography

American prairie style furniture designer and interior architect best known for his collaboration with the architect Frank Lloyd Wright from 1902 to 1918. Niedecken worked on eleven Wright commissions providing interior design with textiles, lighting, furniture and arts. He also designed interiors for Marion Mahony Griffin who was one of the first female architects.

He married Mary Thayer on 2 October 1905 and their only child died shortly after birth. George Mann Niedecken died on 3 November 1945, aged 67.

In 1999 Cheryl Robertson wrote a book about Niedecken's work with Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright and George Mann Niedecken: Prairie School collaborators.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Wright, Frank Lloyd (born 8 June 1867). Notes: Collaborated 1902-1918

Events

Source Notes

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.

Categories

  • Family : Parenting : Kids -Traumatic event (Only child died shortly after birth)
  • Vocation : Building Trades : Interior design