Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Property from a New York Collector
Gustav Stickley
Bow-Arm "Morris" Chair, Model No. 2340
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Collector
Gustav Stickley
Bow-Arm "Morris" Chair, Model No. 2340
circa 1901
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
oak, rope, original leather seat cushions (not illustrated)
marked with the firm's decal
37 x 31 3/8 x 37 in. (94 x 79.7 x 94 cm)
Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts, circa 1902
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by present owner
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by present owner
"An Arts and Crafts Exhibition," The Craftsman, Vol. II, No. 1, Eastwood, NY, April 1902, p. 48 (for a drawing of the model exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Springfield, MA)
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 41 (for the above mentioned drawing)
Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 93
Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, 1890-1920, London, 1988, p. 31
A. Patricia Bartinique, Gustav Stickley, His Craft, exh. cat., Craftsman Farms, Parsippany, NJ, November 15, 1992-January 31, 1993, pp. 28-29
Barbara Mayer, In The Arts & Crafts Style, London, 1993, p. 127
Thomas K. Maher, The Kaufmann Collection: The Early Furniture of Gustav Stickley, Cincinnati, OH, 1996, p. 73
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: Furniture Made by Gustav Stickley, L. & J.G. Stickley and the Roycroft Shop, Philmont, NY, 1996, p. 144
David Cathers and Alexandra Vertikoff, Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition, New York, 1999, p. 180
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 41 (for the above mentioned drawing)
Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 93
Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, 1890-1920, London, 1988, p. 31
A. Patricia Bartinique, Gustav Stickley, His Craft, exh. cat., Craftsman Farms, Parsippany, NJ, November 15, 1992-January 31, 1993, pp. 28-29
Barbara Mayer, In The Arts & Crafts Style, London, 1993, p. 127
Thomas K. Maher, The Kaufmann Collection: The Early Furniture of Gustav Stickley, Cincinnati, OH, 1996, p. 73
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: Furniture Made by Gustav Stickley, L. & J.G. Stickley and the Roycroft Shop, Philmont, NY, 1996, p. 144
David Cathers and Alexandra Vertikoff, Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition, New York, 1999, p. 180