Important Design
Important Design
Property from a New York Collector
Gustav Stickley
Rare Corner Cabinet
Auction Closed
June 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Collector
Gustav Stickley
Rare Corner Cabinet
circa 1902
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
oak, hammered copper, glass
70⅛ x 46½ x 27½ in. (178.1 x 118.1 x 69.8 cm)
Private Collection, Essex, New York, circa 1902
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Stephen Gray, The Early Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 4
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Philmont, 1996, p. 116
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Philmont, 1996, p. 116
Exemplary of Gustav Stickley’s fully realized 1902 furniture forms, this corner cabinet allows its high quality materials and visible construction methods to speak for themselves. The structure unites form and function: its strong geometric proportions recess to a triangular point to perfectly suit the corner of a room. The rich oak surface is left unadorned with the exception of its hammered copper hardware and a checkered diamond pattern of glass panels that showcase its interior holdings. The combination of these attributes embodies the reform principles which Stickley put forth in his magazine The Craftsman, emphasizing craftsmanship and simplicity over industrial mass production and excessive ornament. The present lot is one of only two known extant examples to date of this rare cabinet design from Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Workshops.