Catalog

By: Gustav Stickley

Date: 1910

Source: Stickley, Gustav. Catalogue of Craftsman Furniture Made by Gustav Stickley at The Craftsman Workshops. Eastwood, N.J.: Gustav Stickley, 1910. Reprinted in Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1979.

About the Designer: Gustav Stickley (1858–1942) was born in Osceola, Wisconsin. In 1896, after years making furniture with his brothers and a trip to Europe where he met proponents of the Arts and Craft Movement, Stickley opened his own firm, Craftsman Workshops. It produced sturdy wood furniture that reflected the Arts and Crafts philosophy. In 1901, Stickley began publishing The Craftsman, a magazine that would become an important promoter of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States. Stickley's designs were very influential but he was not a successful businessman. His...