The 1912 and 1915 Gustav Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs by Gustav Stickley

Author:Gustav Stickley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486138763
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

A TYPICAL CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW OF BRICK WITH MANY BUILT-IN FITTINGS

A FRESH point of view toward life is what Gustav Stickley presents in the Craftsman homes, THE CRAFTSMAN Magazine and Craftsman furniture. He has always believed that a simpler, more natural way of living would be a good thing for the present generation of people. He is opposed to the old theory that complexity leads to happiness and ornamentation to beauty, and his houses, his magazine and his furniture are all opposed to it. He believes that in America we should have houses and furnishings suited to our way of living. We are a busy and intelligent people, hence we want comfort, convenience and beauty in our lives. And Mr. Stickley contends that the relation between environment and character is so close that no one can afford to ignore the kind of home he lives in. Hence in the houses he designs he seeks to bring together appropriateness of design, durability of construction, harmony of outline, with the most simple and practical arrangements of floor space, and he seeks to do this through methods of economy and good craftsmanship.

Already he has presented through the medium of THE CRAFTSMAN Magazine 134 of his houses, and each month two additional ones are shown. Mr. Stickley’s purpose in the building of these houses is to make them permanent by using the best materials; to make them simple by doing away with all useless partitions and elaborate fittings; to make them beautiful by avoiding meaningless ornamentation and by so employing the materials, themselves, that their inherent beauty combined with their skilful use will produce decorative results. He believes that through a sincere purpose in construction, a developed understanding of what beauty means, a clear appreciation of real economy, the Craftsman house has been, and will continue to be, a means of satisfying one of the greatest needs of the times—an American home suited to the American people.

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