Philip Johnson's Brick
House or Guest House.
Spicer Art Conservation, LLC is examining and proposing
treatments for the textiles in Philip Johnson's Brick House
adjacent to his private home, The Glass House. This is part of a house
wide preservation project for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Glass House complex is a registered National
Historic Landmark, considered one of the most
significant architectural resources of the Modernist
period. A video of the Brick House and the site can be
seen on YouTube.
The Brick house is divided into two rooms, a large guest
room with walls covered in Fortuny Fabric and a study or reading
room. The fabric is a cotton twill that is dyed, printed
and highlighted with printed gild work. The interior
design of the bedroom lead Johnson to use similar
architectural elements in later projects. The same pink
and gold Fortuny Fabric he placed in the woman's
bathroom of the Four Season Restaurant only few years
later. Johnson also placed Fortuny fabric on the walls
of the dining room of the Beck house designed in Dallas TX.
View of the Brick House from the inside of the Glass House.
Front of Brick House with Art Gallery in the distance.
Gwen Spicer examining the bed spreads for the Guest room
and the unusual Felted Chairs by Pesce Gaetano for the
study.