Stickley American Colonial Cherry Wood Writing Desk, 1960
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous American Colonial style writing desk or entry table By L. & J.G. Stickley USA
Brass
$4,900
H 30 in W 45.5 in D 16.25 in
Stickley Mid-Century Cherry Narrow Partners Desk with Protective Glass Top
By Stickley Brothers
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare Stickley Mid-Century Cherry Narrow Partners Desk with Protective Glass Top. All dravers in
Brass
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H 30 in W 48.13 in D 24.13 in
L. & J. G. Stickley Georgian Solid Cherry Wood Double Pedestal Kneehole Desk
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style double pedestal kneehole desk By L. & J. G. Stickley USA
Brass
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H 40 in W 37 in D 20 in
L. & J.G. Stickley American Chippendale Cherry Wood Slant Front Secretary Desk
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous American Chippendale slant front secretary desk By L. & J.G. Stickley USA, circa
Brass
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H 30.13 in W 62 in D 36.13 in
Stickley Mission Arts & Crafts Cherry Wood Trestle Dining Table or Library Table
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
writing desk By L. & J.G. Stickley USA, 2008 Measures: 62"W x 36.13"D x 30.13"H. Very good original
Cherry
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H 75 in W 37.75 in D 20 in
Stickley American Colonial Cherry Drop Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase, 1960s
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
hutch top By L. & J.G. Stickley USA, 1961 Solid cherry wood, with mullioned glass front
Brass
Vintage Cherry Slant Front Desk by Stickley
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage cherry wood slant front desk by L. & J.G. Stickley, stamped 1962. Dimensions: (closed) 40"H
Cherry
Rustic Country Walnut Etagere
Located in Westwood, NJ
Rustic Country Walnut Etagere, a solid country-style four-tier etagere with wooden galleries, in an antiqued rustic finish. Dimensions: 30.5" W x 16" D x 80" H.
Wood
$2,380Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 29.73 in W 16.15 in D 12.76 in
20th Century Pair of Biedermeier Nightstands with Marble Top, One-Drawer & Door
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of antique Biedermeier style bedside cabinets, late 19th-early 20th century, possibly French or Spanish, each in oblong rectangular form, the marble atop a fabric-lined surface,...
Marble
$2,571
H 29.14 in W 48.04 in D 26.58 in
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina A good lookin...
Leather, Hardwood
1970s National Mt. Airy Military Campaign Style Executive Desk
By National Mt. Airy
Located in Dallas, TX
Another good looking campaign style piece for your collection! We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage executive desk hand crafted in the Military Campaign style by Mt. Airy,...
Oak
Antique Victorian Carved Oak Glass Front Bookcase, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Late Victorian or Arts & Crafts bookcase USA, Circa 1900 Carved oak, with glass front doors, and brass hardware. Cabinet doors and drawers lock. Two keys include...
Brass
Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique burr walnut leather top desk in the Queen Anne style. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. It is of superb quality, with beautiful and intri...
Leather, Walnut
Antique English Mahogany Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A substantially constructed and beautifully decorated antique English mahogany fireplace of beautiful colour and quality, dating from the mid 19th century. The simple lines and larg...
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century English William IV Fruitwood Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century English William IV writing table or desk crafted from mixed fruitwood and oak. The table has storage drawers on each end with patinated brass pulls. The top has...
Brass
Vintage Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat with Parquetry Top, 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage midcentury French walnut bureau plat with parquetry top & pull outs on each side. Bronze pulls & mounts..
Walnut
Chrysanthemum by Tiffany and Co. Sterling Silver Tea Tray
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fabulous Chrysanthemum by Tiffany & Co. sterling tea tray. It features a border of chrysanthemums and rectangular handles. It has a scrolly monogram that appears to be a "MLC". It is...
Sterling Silver
Vintage Pair of Romantic Wedgewood Figural Art
By Wedgewood
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Romantic pair of horizontal framed wedgewood figural art in gorgeous color green with cream maidens with wonderful poses. The framing while aged compliments the art having gold velv...
Porcelain, Giltwood
English Georgian Style Brass Tray Tilt-Top Tripod Drinks Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive English Georgian style mahogany tilt-top drinks table featuring a patinated brass tray top. The brass tray has a scalloped, galleried edge and subtle Moorish or arabesque...
Brass
A French Art Deco Mahogany 5-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
the inset leather top within a a stepped molded frame above an apron fitted with 5 drawers with oak secondary wood; the side panels centering carved floral clusters; the finished pan...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Regency Mahogany Partners desk. Drawers on both sides. Great proportion. Excellent quality Mahogany. Leather top. --Provenance: Hutton Wilkinson for Tony...
Mahogany
$1,248Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 43.71 in D 19.3 in
Antique French Oak Wall-Mounted Console Art Deco circa 1940
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Art Déco wall console made circa 1940. It was made from an original oak dining table which has been transformed into a console to make a simple and original piece of furniture...
Oak
Antique English Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English desk handcrafted in mahogany with the original tooled leather top on a double pedestal form with eight drawers in the front, brass hardware, and block f...
Leather, Mahogany
Gustav Stickley was one of the principal figures in the American Arts and Crafts movement and the creator of the Craftsman style. In 1883, Stickley established a furniture company called Stickley Brothers with two of his brothers, Albert and Charles. Gustav’s other siblings, Leopold and John George, would later form L & J.G. Stickley Inc. in Fayetteville, New York, in 1905.
As a furniture designer and publisher of the magazine The Craftsman, Gustav adopted many of the ideals of the British design reform movement and popularized both its philosophy and its aesthetics in the United States.
Born in Wisconsin, Stickley moved with his family to Pennsylvania when he was a teenager and began working in his uncle’s chair factory in the town of Brandt. There, he learned the techniques of late-19th-century furniture making at a time when the vogue was for Victorian revival furniture, which was characterized by extensive ornamentation.
When Stickley Brothers foundered, Gustav partnered five years later with salesman Elgin Simonds to form a new firm, Stickley & Simonds, which produced traditional furniture that appealed to the burgeoning American middle class. The success of this venture enabled Stickley to travel to Europe, where he discovered the writings of John Ruskin and William Morris, the two preeminent thinkers of the British Arts and Crafts movement. Stickley also traveled to France, where the Art Nouveau movement impressed him with its imaginative designs and skilled craftsmanship.
Stickley parted ways with Simonds at the turn of the 20th century and decided to focus his creative energies on producing furniture in what became known as the Craftsman style, incorporating some of the elements of the designs and movements he had encountered in Europe.
The pieces Stickley created, which he stamped with the logo of a joiner’s compass, were rectilinear, largely free of ornament, made of oak, and built in such a way that the nature of their construction was plainly visible — all reflections of the tenets of the Arts and Crafts movement. While some people referred to Stickley’s furniture as Mission furniture — a term that references the furnishings of the Spanish missions in California — Gustav commonly called his work “Craftsman” owing to the inspiration he found in the British Arts and Crafts movement.
Stickley benches and rocking chairs were popular, and his leather-upholstered armchairs combine practicality, comfort and an understated silhouette. In 1901, Stickley launched The Craftsman magazine, which contained articles on all manner of domestic topics, from gardening and cooking to art and design, as well as poetry and fiction. In addition to popularizing Stickely’s own designs, the magazine acquainted Americans with the Arts and Crafts style in all its forms through its graphic design and the bungalows, art pottery, and hammered-copper lamps pictured in its pages. When Gustav Stickley died, in 1942, Arts and Crafts had been replaced by modernism as the favored aesthetic.
The work of L & J.G. Stickley flourished even as the Arts and Crafts style fell out of fashion because Leopold and John George adapted to the changing times.
L & J.G. Stickley changed their brand name and maker’s mark to Handcraft in 1906, and rather than continue to produce Arts & Crafts-inspired designs, their bedroom furnishings, dining room chairs and other items of the era reflected the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School style as well as the work of the Wiener Werkstätte. Later, Leopold’s Cherry Valley collection appealed to enthusiasts of American Colonial furniture.
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