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Early and Rare dining table, model 934-E

USA, c. 1902
oak 30¼ h × 48½ w × 48½ d in (77 × 123 × 123 cm)

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Sold with six 9.75-inch leaves; table measures 107 inches when fully extended.
provenance: Acquired c. 1902, Collection of George Marshall Allen and Grace Fanshawe Allen, Allenwood, Burlington, VT | Acquired from the previous in 1923, Collection of Edward P. Woodbury and Alice C. Woodbury, Allenwood Inn, Burlington, VT | Acquired from the previous in 1944, Collection of Thomas A. Farrell | Acquired from the previous in 1977, Collection of David and Anthony Farrell, Burlington, VT | Duane Merrill Auctioneers and Appraisers, Milton, VT, October 1999, Lot 48 | Private Collection
literature: Arts and Crafts Furniture from the Collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Cathers, Clancy and Montgomery, pg. 154 illustrates this example

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When a man's home is born out of his heart and developed through his labor and perfected through his sense of beauty, it is the very cornerstone of life.

Gustav Stickley

Gustav Stickley 1858–1942

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Gustav Stickley, whose name is synonymous with Craftsman furniture, was a visionary American proponent for the Arts and Crafts philosophy in design, literature, and life. At the peak of his career, his furniture was sold throughout the country, Craftsman houses built in many areas, and The Craftsman magazine widely read. After bankruptcy in 1915, Stickley was largely forgotten until the 1970s, when his importance as a designer was rediscovered by a new generation.

The eldest son of first generation German immigrants, Stickley was born into a family that owned furniture-manufacturing businesses. He found inspiration in the writings of John Ruskin and William Morris and the well-built, hand-crafted furniture and the brotherhood of honest labor they espoused. In 1898 he established the Gustav Stickley Company in Eastwood, a suburb of Syracuse, New York. He adopted a William Morris motto, "Als ik kan" ("If I can") and used the symbol of a medieval joiner’s compass as his trademark.

Stickley’s furniture was a radical departure from the American furniture of the Victorian era. Surfaces were unadorned, mortise and tenon joinery and wood grain exposed. The hammered metal hardware underscored the artisanal look of furniture, which was fabricated both by hand and by contemporary woodworking machines.

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