Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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Compact Antique Arts & Crafts Solid Oak Welsh Dresser with Plate Rack
Located in Leicester, GB
This is a beautiful compact solid oak Welsh dresser from the early 20th century. The welsh dresser has a small cupboard below and a slim and elegant plate rack above, with the most e...
Oak
Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard Buffet or Bar Cabinet
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style sideboard, buffet server, or bar cabinet In the manner of Stickley By Bentwood Furniture, Inc. USA, Circa Late 20th Century Beautiful qu...
Oak
Bone Inlay Buffet Cabinet with Gold Legs & Brass Knobs by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Low, wide, and entirely covered in hand-set camel bone inlay, this buffet cabinet carries the full weight of the inlay tradition in a form that is as at home in a dining room as it i...
Bone, Wood
Large two-piece Arts & Crafts style oak sideboard, 1920s, signed R & V -J744
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large Arts & Crafts style oak sideboard (1920s), signed R & V. The piece consists of two stackable sections. It features remarkable woodwork and metalwork, including highly d...
Brass
Waring & Gillows Style of M.H. Baillie Scott. Arts & Crafts Oak Inlaid Sideboard
By Waring & Gillow, Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Located in London, GB
Waring and Gillows, in the style of M.H. Baillie Scott. a chequer, ebony and boxwood inlaid oak sideboard, in the manner of M.H. Baillie Scott, w...
Ebony, Fruitwood, Oak
Harvey Ellis for Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Arts & Crafts Buffet Server
By Gustav Stickley, Harvey Ellis
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period sideboard buffet or server Designed by Harvey Ellis for Gustav Stickley (signed with red decal) USA, Circa 1900 Gorg...
Copper
Navy Blue Spiral Leaf Bone Inlay Buffet with Gold Legs by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Deep, commanding, and covered in hand-set bone — this navy blue buffet is one of those pieces that earns its place in a room entirely on its own terms. The surface carries a continuo...
Bone, Wood
Rayas Striped Credenza with Light Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Istanbul, TR
This exclusive credenza is originally designed as a custom shoe cabinet. It is uniquely created by assembling striped geometric wooden veneer pieces together, portraying a 3D illusio...
Wood, Lacquer, Burl
Limbert Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard Buffet Server, Newly Restored
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts sideboard, credenza, or buffet server By Charles P. Limbert Co. USA, Circa 1900 Quartersawn oak, wit...
Copper
Grey Floral & Leaf Bone Inlay Buffet with Gold Legs by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Grey is, in many ways, the most demanding ground for a bone inlay artisan to work with — it offers no drama of its own, placing the entire visual weight on the quality of the pattern...
Bone, Wood
Rayas Striped Credenza with Dark Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Istanbul, TR
This exclusive credenza is originally designed as a custom shoe cabinet. It is uniquely created by assembling striped geometric wooden veneer pieces together, portraying a 3D illusio...
Wood, Burl, Lacquer
20th Century French Walnut Buffet with Two Doors and Three Central Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
20th century French walnut buffet with two doors and three central drawers.
Wood
Early 20th Century American Quarter-Sawn Oak Buffet, Arts & Crafts Period
Located in Trenton, NJ
This sideboard reflects the American oak furniture tradition of the early 1900s — a period when quarter-sawn oak was prized both for its durability and its distinctive ray-fleck figu...
Wood
Rayas Black & White Striped Credenza with Wooden Marquetry
Located in Istanbul, TR
This exclusive credenza is originally designed as a custom shoe cabinet. It is uniquely created by assembling striped geometric wooden veneer pieces toget...
Wood, Lacquer
Arts & Crafts Oak Server Alta Table with a Finely Carved Centre Panel of Vines
Located in London, GB
Arthur Simpson of Kendal attributed. A fine quality Arts and Crafts Gothic Revival style oak Altar, serving or buffet table with a finely carved center pan...
Oak
Oak Sideboard in Gloss Lacquer with a Slate Grey Stain
Located in Toronto, CA
An early 20th century oak sideboard with bevel glass mirror, refinished in a slate grey satin with a gloss lacquer.
Oak
$2,138Sale Price|24% Off
H 33 in W 20 in D 13.5 in
Arts & Crafts Handmade Dark Oak Compact 3 Tiered Bookshelf
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1910 Elegant and compact Arts & Crafts 3 tiered bookshelf with subtle workmanship and clean lines in dark, quarter sawn solid oak. Ideal for ...
Oak
$3,995
H 63.75 in W 42.5 in D 12 in
R. J. Horner Style Antique Arts & Crafts Mahogany Glass Bookcase, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts bookcase cabinet In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co. USA, Circa 1920s Carved mahogany, with leaded glass doors. Interior shelves are adjustable. M...
Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Welsh Dresser
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century English or welsh oak dresser, having richly molded crest over scalloped fascia, the divided shelves with plate grooves and standing on molded top over three drawers...
Oak
Small 18th Century Oak Welsh Dresser with Rack
Located in Lymington, GB
A small Welsh early-18th century oak sideboard, of good rich colour and patination. With three fielded, panelled and chamfered central working drawers, flanked by double fielded pan...
Oak
19th Century English Oak Sideboard
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak sideboard from England with a beveled edge around the top, following down to paneled sides and two drawers in the front with raised geometric panels, flanked by hand...
Oak
$3,995
H 51 in W 41 in D 12.25 in
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Arts & Crafts Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period glass front two door bookcase or display cabinet In the manner of Stickley Brothers By Rockford Chair & Furniture Co. USA, Circ...
Glass, Oak
$3,995
H 60.5 in W 36 in D 20 in
Liberty & Co. Antique English Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Vanity Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau period four-drawer vanity dresser or chest of drawers with mirror Attributed to Liberty & Co. England, Circa 1900 Gorgeou...
Copper
Stickley Harvey Ellis Inlaid Bookshelf Mission Oak Arts Crafts
By Gustav Stickley, Harvey Ellis
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Mission Oak Bookcase, designed by Harvey Ellis for Stickley, originally designed in the 1910s, this is example was made by Stickley in the 1990s. Retains the Stickley lab...
Oak, Wood
$2,995
H 75 in W 27 in D 18 in
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Armoire Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts armoire dresser, wardrobe, or linen press In the manner of Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1900 Beautiful quarter sawn tiger oak, with ori...
Brass
$3,995
H 56.75 in W 60 in D 22.75 in
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard or Cabinet
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts sideboard, buffet server, or bar cabinet In the manner of Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1900 Oak, with mirrored backsplash, and original...
Copper
IMPORTANT Antique Desk/Bookcase by Gustav Stickley -W7794 MUST SELL
By Harvey Ellis, Gustav Stickley
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an extremely important Antique Desk/Bookcase by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis. This is one of the most important pieces made by Gustav Stickley. It was designed in 1902...
Glass, Oak
Modern Black Cerused Oak Sideboard Buffet
Located in North York, ON
Modern black cerused oak sideboard buffet. Featuring a dark ebonized black ceruse finish with contrasting white grains. Doors open with sleek pus...
Oak
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H 36.5 in W 34 in D 21 in
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Buffet Server, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts console or buffet server By Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1900 Beautiful quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware. Meas...
Copper
French Henri Rapin Arts and Crafts Bookcase in Oak
By Henri Rapin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Absolutely stunning and unique French Arts and Crafts cabinet by Henri Rapin, a prominent French designer of the period. Constructed in solid quarter-sawn oak, this massive piece fea...
Leather, Oak
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H 39.5 in W 44 in D 18 in
Antique Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard Buffet Server, Restored
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts sideboard, credenza, or buffet server By L. & J.G. Stickley USA, Circa 1900 Solid quartersawn oak, with original hammered copper hard...
Copper
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H 33.75 in W 35 in D 20 in
Stickley Harvey Ellis Collection Inlaid Cherry Wood Rolling Bar Cart Server
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc., Harvey Ellis
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Arts & Crafts style rolling server or bar cart with extending top By Stickley, "Harvey Ellis Collection". USA, Circa early 21st centu...
Cherry
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H 36.63 in W 54 in D 21 in
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Circa 1900
By Lifetime
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By Lifetime Furniture USA, Circa 1900 Quarter sawn oak, w...
Copper
Stickley Arts and Crafts Oak Serving Table / Sideboard
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stickley Arts and Crafts mission collection oak server / buffet with backsplash, 3 drawers /2 cabinet doors and lower shelf. Measures: Height to top of b...
Oak
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H 41.5 in W 48 in D 19 in
Drexel Heritage American Review Arts & Crafts Mission Cherry Buffet Sideboard
By Drexel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drexel Heritage American review Arts & Crafts mission cherry wood sideboard buffet glass doors. Item features leaded glass "antiqued" door fronts, coppe...
Glass, Cherry
Continental Solid Oak Arts & Crafts Period Buffet with Stained Glass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unusual French or Belgian Arts & Crafts style solid oak buffet, the angled lower doors with inset carved oak paneled details, the upper cabinet with herring bone inlay and stained...
Oak
English Oak Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau Sideboard 'Maple and Company'
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau buffet with distinctive copper hardware and leaded-glass upper doors. A very well-made piece with solid mahogany as the ‘secondary wood’ and handcut joinery throughout. Signed ‘Maple and Company...
Oak
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H 76.5 in W 60 in D 21 in
English Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard with Stained Glass and Carved Decoration
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful English Arts & Crafts possibly by Liberty & Company two-piece oak sideboard with mirrored upper section featuring a centre upper ...
Stained Glass, Oak
Modern Mahogany Server with Granite Top
By Thomasville
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mahogany with a shaped front and gray granite top with bullnose border. The cabinet with two side compartments flanking two long center drawers and a lower shaped shelf. Raised on fr...
Granite
Arts and Crafts Mission Oak Sideboard Buffet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mission oak sideboard in the Arts and Crafts period design. Having a pair of glass cabinet doors, each having a single adjustable shelf inside, a...
Wrought Iron