For the month of May, Wright created a stylized version of a May Basket. Wright revived the design in 1957 for the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West. The bright colors of this jewel-like hanging piece create visual excitement wherever it is displayed. It comes with a chain for hanging the piece. The plant s sparse branches are covered with heavy spines.
Saguaros bear white flowers and an edible fruit.
Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers first appeared on the cover of an anthology of lectures, entitled Modern Architecture, that Wright gave at Princeton in 1930. Then in 1973, during the reconstruction of the Arizona Biltmore which had been devastated by fire, this saguaro design was pulled from the Taliesin West archives and produced in the colorful and decorative symmetry seen here. The original is now a back- lit stained glass mural in the Arizona hotel s foyer. This piece was inspired by the single pedestal lamp designed by Wright for the Susan Lawrence Dana House in Springfield, Illinois, and produced around 1903 by the Linden Glass Company. This was Wright s most thorough and lavish use of art glass in a home.