Few pieces of furniture are as closely associated with Frank Lloyd Wright as his tall-back dining room chairs.

They epitomize his ability to bring simplicity and rationality into American households. The first tall-back chairs appeared in Wright's own home in Oak Park, Illinois built in 1889. He continued to experiment with tall-back chairs all his life and although he liked to view each house as an unique commission, Wright sometimes recycled some of his favorite design ideas but always modifying them to fit the individual personalities of his clients.

Such is the case with the dining room chairs at SAMARA. A solid plank of Philippine mahogany rises from the floor and tapers toward the top. Five triangles representing the SAMARA motif with decreasing dimensions are placed in descending order and directed back toward a triangular chair support.

There are solid panels beneath the seat forming a shelf on each side and a structural rail surrounding the seat itself holding in place the foam rubber cushion. The chair is quite formal in design and stands out as magnificant and stately in its conception fitting in design to the personality of Mrs. Christian. In this regards, the dining room chairs reflect a simple straight-line architectural form created by Mr. Wright to coordinate features throughout the house and property.