Gustav Stickley

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Description

Gustav Stickley
A Rare Slant-Arm Spindle Morris Chair, Model No. 369
with firm's decal
oak with the original duck swing seat and second-generation leather seat cushions (not illustrated)
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, NY

Literature

Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 128
Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 125
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, p. 78
David M. Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Philmont, NY, 1996, p. 142

Catalogue Note

This iconic spindle chair, patented on August 8, 1905, is one of the few models to be identified with its patent information in the firm's catalogues, suggesting Stickley's high regard for the design. The chair's sleek design illustrates Stickley's attempts to produce furniture with lighter lines from the firm's earlier heavier forms. This model appears to have been offered for a brief period of time, as it is only documented in the firm's 1905 and 1907 catalogues. The firm's 1909 catalogue shows the form had evolved to feature wider slats under the arms as opposed to spindles, and a spring seat rather than a swing seat, presumably as a means to reduce manufacturing costs.