Gustav Stickley
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Gustav Stickley 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 Am
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Adjustable-Back Chair No. 2342, Gustav Stickley, ca.1902
Craftsman Farms
Stickley Brothers Furniture Company of Grand Rapids end table
Mission style furniture
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Mission furniture is a style of furniture that originated in the late 19th century. It traces its origins to a chair made by A.J. Forbes around 1894 for San Francisco's Swedenborgian Church. The term
Gustav Stickley
…in its evocation of handicraft and the pre-industrial era and proto-modern in its functional simplicity, was popularly referred to as being in the Mission style, though Stickley despised the term as misleading. In 1903, he changed the name of his company again, to the Craftsman Workshops, and began a concerted…
Gustav Stickley. Dropfront Desk, ca. 1903. Brooklyn Museum
A Starr mission style piano (illustrated in 1906)