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Property from a New York Collector

Gustav Stickley

Library Table, Model No. 407

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New York Collector

Gustav Stickley

Library Table, Model No. 407


circa 1902

executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York

oak, original leather, brass tacks

marked with the firm's decal

30 3/8 in. (77.1 cm) high

49 in. (124.5 cm) diameter

Private Collection, Wyckoff, New Jersey, circa 1902

Thence by descent

Acquired from the above by present owner

"The Craftsman House," The Craftsman, Vol. IV, No. 2, Eastwood, NY, May 1903, p. 89 (for a drawing of the model)
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 42 (for the above mentioned drawing)
Joseph J. Bavaro, The Furniture of Gustav Stickley: History, Techniques, and Projects, New York, 1982, p. 48
Stephen Gray, The Early Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 46
Peter Barnet and Mary Ann Wilkinson, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, Detroit, 1994, p. 43
David Cathers, Gustav Stickley, London, 2003, pp. 44 and 73
Karen Livingstone and Linda Parry, eds., International Arts and Crafts, London, 2005, p. 157
Kevin W. Tucker, Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, New Haven, 2010, pp. 44 (for a period photograph of the model on display in the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901) and 142 (for a period photograph of the model on display at the Mechanics' Institute, Rochester, New York, 1903)