Article: Stickley, Gustav 1857-1942

STICKLEY, GUSTAV 1857-1942

Furniture designer

The Craftsman

Inspired by British art critic John Ruskin and British painter-designer William Morris, Gustav Stickley created a distinctly American approach to furniture design, following their call for a return to the medieval reliance on fine craftsmanship based on solid training and respect for the innate qualities of the craftsman's materials. Founding what became known as the Craftsman movement, he adapted Morris's handmade approach to creating furniture that integrated colonial, Art Nouveau, Mission, and European peasant design into an original, vigorous, straightforward style. Extensively imitated in his own time, Stickley's designs ...

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