Important Design
Important Design
Property from the Private Collection of Robert Kaplan, Maplewood, New Jersey
Auction Closed
July 30, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Robert Kaplan, Maplewood, New Jersey
GUSTAV STICKLEY
SET OF FIVE LANTERNS, MODEL NO. 673
circa 1905
each lantern with the original hand-wrought copper ceiling canopy
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
hand-wrought copper, hand-wrought iron, original hammered glass
29 in. (73.7 cm) drop each
lanterns: 8 x 7¼ x 7¼ in. (20.3 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm) each
Private Collection, Oregon, Illinois, circa 1905
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mary Ann Smith, Gustav Stickley, The Crafstman, New York, 1983, p. 90
Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 170
Ray Stubblebine, Stickley’s Craftsman Homes: Plans, Drawings, Photographs, Layton, UT, 2006, p. 279
Gustav Stickley used this lantern design throughout the Great Room of “Craftsman Farms,” Stickley’s private residence built in 1911 in Morris Plains, New Jersey. Many of these lanterns still remain installed in the interior of this important Arts & Crafts landmark.