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All came from a furniture manufacturing background, and had worked together in an earlier company also named stickley brothers furniture co. A selfmade man whose furniture company, craftsman workshops, and the. Gustav stickley making authentic craftsman furniture. Gustav stickleys most popular book is craftsman homes. The 1912 and 1915 gustav stickley craftsman furniture catalogs book. As a furniture designer and publisher of the magazine the craftsman, he adopted many of the ideals of british design reform movement and popularized both its philosophy and its aesthetics in the united states. In 1902, four years after gustav stickley began building furniture in his united crafts workshops in eastwood, new york, his brother leopold established his own arts and crafts furniture b. Gustav stickley march 9, 1858 april 21, 1942 was an american furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher and the chief proselytizer for the american. At that time many homes were furnished with either. This is a must have book for the serious collector. Catalogue of craftsman furniture made by gustav stickley. Gustav stickley was one of the principal figures in the american arts and crafts movement and creator of the craftsman style. Gustavstickley books stickley brothers quaint 1906 catalog reprint.
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