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Brothers gustav and leopold opened their own company, united crafts, in 1899. Stickley craftsman furniture catalogs by gustav stickley, l. This is a top notch book for researching the history and technics of gustav stickley. We have an everchanging selection of mission furniture, lighting, art pottery and period art work. One of eleven children of german emigres leopold and barbara schlager. Furniture maker and architect gustav stickley 18581942 was a leading spokesman for the american craftsman movement, a design trend descended directly from the british arts and crafts movement. As a furniture designer and publisher of the magazine the craftsman, he adopted many of the ideals of british design reform movement and popularized both its philosophy and its aesthetics in the united states. I have yet to find any errors in the plans or instructions for building the various pieces of furniture. In 1902, four years after gustav stickley began building furniture in his united crafts workshops in eastwood, new york, his brother leopold established his own arts and crafts furniture b. Gustav stickley march 9, 1858 april 21, 1942 was an american furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher and the chief proselytizer for the american craftsman style, an extension of the british arts and crafts movement.
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