Gustav Stickley
by David Cathers
New York : Phaidon, 2003
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Cloth hardcover, 11-3/4" tall, [240] pages, many illustrations
near fine condition in a near fine dustjacket in a new Brodart mylar
dustjacket protector that I put on the dustjacket myself
Contents:Stirrings of ambition, 1858-1898; arts & crafts beginnings,
1898-1901; the pursuit of harmonious design, 1902-1903; "A Man of Unusual
Gifts" - Harvey Ellis, 1903-1904; the pivotal year, 1904; standard Stickley
furniture, 1904-1916; metalwork and textiles, 1902-1916; Stickley in New York
City, 1905-1916; craftsman farms, 1908-1917; late furniture, bankruptcy, and
afterward, 1914-1942. Appendices: Stickley's creative collaborators; the
Stickley fall-front desk, 1900-1905.
from wikipedia:
Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 – April 21, 1942) was an American furniture
manufacturer, design leader, publisher, and a leading voice in the American
Arts and Crafts movement. Stickley's design philosophy was a major influence on
American Craftsman architecture.
In recent decades, Stickley and his work have become popularly recognized once
again. It is particularly his early furniture, produced between 1900 and 1904,
that is often seen as appealing to collectors. In 1988, Barbra Streisand paid
363,000 for a Stickley sideboard from the Gustav Stickley House in Syracuse; A
major touring exhibition organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, Gustav Stickley
and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, opened at the Newark Museum on
September 15, 2010. The exhibition then opened at the Dallas Museum of Art on
February 18, 2011, and remained on view until May 8, 2011, before opening at
the San Diego Museum of Art on June 18, 2011, subsequently closing on September
11, 2011.[10] Gustav's brothers Leopold Stickley (Lee), Albert Stickley,
Charles Stickley and John George Stickley also produced Arts and Crafts
furniture. Although no longer held by the Stickley family, the successor firm
to the L. & J.G. Stickley Company continues to operate in Manlius, New York,
producing a variety of styles, including many original Gustav Stickley Arts and
Crafts designs. The Company operates a museum, located in the original L & J.
G. factory building. It features the work of the Stickley brothers and is
located near its current factory site