Two lamps and a chair designed by the celebrated architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler, respectively, have been reported missing. The stolen items were taken from an unmarked warehouse controlled by USC, who owns Wright's Samuel and Harriet Freeman House for which the items were designed. 

According to the Los Angeles Times, who received an anonymous tip about the theft, the robbery occurred over six years ago. Though a facilities staffer notified a professor at the USC School of Architecture back in 2012, campus police did not file a report with the LAPD until January 22nd of this year, after the paper had reached out to the school to inquire about the theft in regards to the anonymous letter.

The stolen furniture has a potential value of hundreds of thousands dollars, with similar items by Wright selling at auctions for $100,000, and similar items by Schindler valued at $25,000. They, and other contents of the home, were moved into storage in 2000, in advance of major restoration work to the property, which had been severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. 

LAPD Det. Don Hrycyk noted that there was no indication of forced entry, suggesting the thief likely had access to the warehouse with a key. In regards to its own internal investigation that will proceed alongside the police probe, a spokesperson for USC told the Los Angeles Times that "the university is reviewing its procedures and security measures related to the Freeman housing and its assets" and "is working with its risk management team on the insurance claim process."

Renewed interest in the case follows the selling of a single textile block from the Freeman house by the Chicago auction house Wright. Though not connected to the LAPD investigation, this recent sale was noted as troubling by the anonymous tipster, who questioned how the tile would have fallen into private ownership.