Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
The Roycrofters
“Build Strong” Motto Sign
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Roycrofters
“Build Strong” Motto Sign
circa 1905
carved oak split log with the original intact bark on the reverse, iron
carved with firm's "orb and cross" cypher
16 1/8 x 42 x 3 1/4 in. (40.9 x 106.7 x 8.2 cm)
Private Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1905
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Roycroft Handmade Furniture, sales catalogue, East Aurora, NY, 1912, reprinted, New York, 1973, pp. 24 (for a period photograph of related motto signs at the Roycroft Inn) and 33 (for this and related motto signs)