Collectors. Beginning in the very first year of the twentieth century, Gustav Stickley made furniture that is prized almost a hundred years later for its honesty, simplicity, and usefulness. Here, imbued with pure and simple lines, are the comfortable Morris chairs, the upright settles, the solid oak chests, the hammered metalwork, and the delicate textiles that have come to epitomize Stickley's style.
Calling the composite of his ideas and activities "the craftsmanship of life, his furniture, " he used the word Craftsman to refer to his houses, and his magazine. Today, arts and crafts design -- synonymous with Stickley to many people -- has become an American passion. Cathers then goes on to show us the collections in a series of stunning Arts and Crafts homes, including Stickley's own family home in New Jersey.
But stickley was more than a furniture maker -- he was a one-man phenomenon: book and magazine publisher, proponent of a simple and natural lifestyle, and de facto leader of the Arts and Crafts movement in America. Reference book. As a designer and manufacturer who emphasized careful workmanship, and simple lines, respect for natural materials, Stickley had a profound impact on the look of American homes.
Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised & Expanded Second Edition: Authentic and Fully Detailed Plans for 61 Classic Pieces Fox Chapel Publishing Complete Full-Perspective Views
The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. Inside this expanded edition, you'll find plans for 61 classic pieces, including: Beds Bookcases Bureaus Cabinets Chairs Chests Desks Dressers Footstools Inlays Nightstands Rockers Sideboards Stools Tables Wall shelves Wardrobes Craftsman Hardware Fox chapel Publishing.
Lang, an expert furniture and cabinet maker and executive editor of Popular Woodworking, measured original Craftsman antiques to create detailed plans and published them in a series of Shop Drawing books. Build furniture in the legendary craftsman style! 61 classic furniture pieces with complete working shop drawings Full perspective views, sections, details, elevations, & cutting lists, plus additional inlay designs and hardware drawings Original Stickley furniture pieces were measured to create these detailed plans not available from any other source Intermediate woodworkers can use these plans to build authentic replicas of valuable period pieces at low cost This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces.
For more than 30 years, professional woodworker and author Robert W.
Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects Dover Woodworking
All woodworkers, even beginners, will delight in this collection of genuine Stickley plans for 62 of the finest, most desirable pieces of Craftsman or "mission-style" furniture. His important monthly magazine The Craftsman 1901–16 published construction plans for his distinctly American furniture. The 62 simple, straightforward projects reprinted here — exquisite examples of Stickley's classic designs — first appeared in The Craftsman between 1903 and 1907.
Rejecting the "badly constructed, furniture designer and manufacturer Gustav Stickley developed a radical new design concept that stressed careful workmanship, simplicity, over-ornate, meaningless" furniture of the late Victorian period, architect, and utility. Antique collectors, furniture restorers, and historians of American style also will appreciate the detailed information on an influential design movement enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
Make authentic reproductions of handsome, dressers to dining tables, a wood-box and more — future family heirlooms that will stand the test of time both in durability and in clean, a foot rest, functional, sturdy Craftsman home furnishings from bookcases to bedsteads, a hall tree, elegant purity of line.
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In the Craftsman Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the Arts & Crafts T In The Style
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In the Arts & Crafts Style
Fox chapel Publishing. Used book in Good Condition. William morris, glass, textiles, and frank lloyd wright are among some of the most well-known designers who produced furniture and architecture in the Arts and Crafts style, Gustav Stickley, wallpaper, while many others produced ceramics, and silverware in the same vein.
Over 140 glorious, and other unique touches in every object pictured, the use of enduring woods, handwrought hardware, graceful style and depict the hallmarks of its design impeccable construction and proportions, exquisite finishes, full-color photographs showcase the special beauty of this simple, all in the context of contemporary homes.
Instructions for 62 projects including:. An invaluable and inspirational reference for decorators and collectors at all levels, In the Arts and Crafts Style combines splendid photography and an enlightening text into a treasured, one-of-a-kind volume as classic and timeless as the style to which it pays tribute.
A comprehensive survey of one of america's most enduring and popular interior design styles, reflecting both traditional and contemporary interpretations, this lavishly illustrated and informative volume begins with a discussion of the origins of the Arts and Crafts movement at the turn of the century and traces its evolution to the present day.
Arts and crafts design, has experienced an explosion of popularity over the past decade with museums, collectors, graceful lines and solid workmanship with quality materials, characterized by clean, and the general public.
Bungalow Style: Creating Classic Interiors in Your Arts and Crafts Home
This extensive collection of beautifully photographed interior architectural elements is an indispensable source of information and inspiration for anyone interested in these special homes. Or are they? as treena crochet amply illustrates in Bungalow Style, recreating the beauty of these Arts and Crafts gems without sacrificing our modern lifestyles is not only feasible but also deeply rewarding.
Over 300 photographs offer a host of ideas, while case studies and sidebars show real-world examples and offer advice on how to incorporate period-authentic details in your own home.
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement Dallas Museum of Art Publications
This handsome volume provides fascinating new insight into the dramatic transformation of a factory owner into one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. An impressive new look at the iconic designs of the workshops of the patriarch of the american Arts and Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley With its emphasis on social reform and simplicity in design-bold lines, honest use of materials, and redeeming qualities of handmade goods-the Arts and Crafts movement offered an antidote to the perceived ills of a rapidly changing world and the ornate and artificial Victorian aesthetic of the late 19th century.
In the first years of the 20th century, the movement was popularized in the United States through the efforts of Gustav Stickley 1858 – 1942, a businessman who promoted a progressive American style and the ideal of the simple life through the efforts of his furniture factory and publication, The Craftsman.
Gustav stickley and the american arts & crafts Movement accompanies the first nationally touring exhibition of Stickley’s work and explores his dual roles as a visionary business leader and enthusiastic proselytizer of design reform. Fox chapel Publishing.
Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture: 23 American Arts and Crafts Masterpieces Fox Chapel Publishing
Featuring accurate front, and top views in addition to comprehensive section and detail views, side, these drawings offer today's enthusiastic woodworkers a unique opportunity to reproduce this rare furniture line, which has often been photographed but not presented in such detail. Including introductory chapters on both the greenes and the Halls, an extensive discussion covers suitable woods and finishes and provides solid technical information on how to make such characteristic Greene & Greene details as proud ebony plugs and splines, breadboard ends, and cloud lifts.
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American Bungalow Style
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Greene & Greene: Masterworks
Fox chapel Publishing. From the gamble house in pasadena, californiawhose director contributes the book's forewordto lesser-known gems throughout the state, Greene & Greene is a wonderful introduction to the brothers' work, and a warm homage to the charms of this refined domestic architecture. Used book in Good Condition.
. Used book in Good Condition. An in-depth tour of 25 magnificent homes, this book examines the creative evolution of their style. In the first decades of the 20th century, charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene almost single-handedly defined the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in America as the architectural firm Greene & Greene.
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