{"product_id":"9780486158587","title":"Early L. \u0026 J. G. Stickley Furniture: From Onondaga Shops to Handcraft","description":"In 1902, four years after Gustav Stickley began building furniture in his United Crafts Workshops in Eastwood, New York, his brother Leopold established his own Arts and Crafts furniture business a few miles away in Fayetteville, a suburb of Syracuse, to which he soon recruited his brother J. George. They initially used the trademark \"Onondaga Shops,\" for the county in which it was located; by 1910 they were labeling their furniture \"Handcraft.\"\u003cbr\u003eLike their brother Gustav's designs, those of L. and J. G. Stickley include many first-rate examples of American Arts and Crafts style. This unique volume provides a comprehensive look at their early achievement, combining reprints of extremely rare copies of two sets of promotional literature from approximately 1906-09 and 1909.\u003cbr\u003eThe first is a handbound salesman's catalog, circa 1906-09, presenting 129 wash drawings and eight photographs of Onondaga Shops furniture. The second consists of 110 drawings of Handcraft furniture reproduced from a very rare set of loose plates, circa 1909. The designs depicted range from a leather-topped library table, an office swivel chair, and a canvas-covered Morris chair to a leather-upholstered settle, a writing desk with hand-wrought copper pulls, a mirrored sideboard, a line of spindle furniture never before reprinted, and numerous other pieces almost entirely unknown today. A preface by Robert L. Zarrow and a historical introduction by Donald A. Davidoff shed light on neglected aspects of the work of this important and still-thriving firm. Scholars, designers, and enthusiasts of home furnishings and the decorative arts will find in these pages a rare record of a memorable chapter in the history of American furniture design.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104211255536,"sku":"9780486158587","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486158587_p0.jpg?v=1763708466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486158587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}