FURNITURE OF THE AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT Stickley and Roycroft Mission Oak [SOLD]

Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement

Stickley and Roycroft Mission Oak

By David M. Cathers

Publisher: New American Library, New York

Softcover, first printing 1982, 275 pages, illustrated

Contents

The History and Development of Arts and Crafts Furniture

1. The Arts and Crafts Sources of Stickley’s Design

2. Gustav Stickley’s Stylistic Development

3. “Stamped in an Unobtrusive Place” How Gustave Stickley Marked His Furniture

4. The L. & J. G. Stickley Furniture Company

5. The Roycroft Shops

“A Fine Plainness” Examples of Arts and Crafts Furniture

1. Bookcases and China Closets

2. Chairs and Settles

3. Chests of Drawers

4. Desks

5. Servers and Sideboards

6. Tables

7. Individual Pieces

Appendix A. A Conversation with Barbara Wiles

Appendix B. Glossary of Furniture-Making Terms

Appendix C. “The Tattler”

Bibliography

Index