Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Private Maryland Collection
Harvey Ellis
Fall-Front Desk
Auction Closed
June 7, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Maryland Collection
Harvey Ellis
Fall-Front Desk
circa 1903
inlays executed by the workshop of George Henry Jones, New York
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
oak, pewter, copper and tinted wood inlay, hand-wrought iron
with the firm's decal
43¾ x 30¼ x 12⅞ in. (111.4 x 76.8 x 28.6 cm)
Private Collection, Southampton, New York
Private Collection, Maryland, circa 1964
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private Collection, Maryland, circa 1964
Thence by descent to the present owner
"Structure and Ornament in the Craftsman Workshops," The Craftsman, January 1904, p. 394
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 48
David M. Cathers, Gustav Stickley, London, 2003, p. 220
David Cathers and Susan J. Montgomery, Arts and Crafts Furniture from the Collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, FL, 2017, p. 82
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 48
David M. Cathers, Gustav Stickley, London, 2003, p. 220
David Cathers and Susan J. Montgomery, Arts and Crafts Furniture from the Collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, FL, 2017, p. 82