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Gustav Stickley

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Description

  • Gustav Stickley
  • A Rare Somno, Model No. 605
  • oak, with the original green stain on the interior
  • executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, NY

Provenance

Cathers & Dembrosky, New York

Literature

Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 69
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, revised edition, New York, 1989, p. 172
David M. Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Philmont, NY, 1996, p. 227

Catalogue Note

David Cathers writes in Furniture of the American Arts & Crafts Movement:  "Somno #605, now quite rare, was apparently made only in 1901 and was priced at $12.25 in that year's 'Chips.'  The design [has a] light but somewhat eccentric appearance."