Hoffman House

In 1954, Max Hoffman, an Austrian-born automobile importer, commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create the Hoffman Auto Showroom for his Jaguar dealership located at 430 Park Avenue in New York City. The following year, Wright designed an expansive single-story L-shaped home for the Hoffmans overlooking Long Island Sound.

The carpet design proposed for the living room of the Hoffman home featured floating, intersecting circles with square accents. Although the rug was not executed for that home, it was woven for Wright's own living room at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin.