Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Check out this featured resource for your guide to tools and how to use them. Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture: 27 Stickley Designs for Every Room in the Home (Shop Drawings series) Traditional American furniture styles have enjoyed an enduring popularity, which makes titles about them ideal choices for most collections. Lang offers measured drawings of 27 examples of Craftsman furniture designed by Gustav Stickley. Because they were created by measuring actual Craftsman antiques, these drawings will prove invaluable to those interested in historical accuracy. Designs for chairs, bookcases, tables, and beds are included, each with a bill of materials and a number of illustrations. A section on woodworking techniques and materials rounds out this title.
Moser's work covers over 50 projects, based on the Shaker style, that unlike Lang's are not absolute reproductions but either near facsimiles or Moser's own adaptations. Designs include furnishings of all types, from small household items to major pieces of furniture. In the first half of the text, Moser provides an excellent introduction to the Shaker style and the techniques required to reproduce it. The balance consists of measured drawings of each item. Both titles are excellent; Lang receives the nod if one is interested in historical accuracy, while Moser offers a wider range of projects for woodworkers of all skill levels. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From the Back Cover Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, Mission - here are 27 examples of the sturdy, straightforward, and immensely popular oak furniture designed by Gustav Stickley and his associates early in the 20th Century. These new drawings have been carefully checked against original Stickley catalogs and antiques.
Each project includes a perspective view along with elevations, sections, details, complete measurements, and a cutting list. This book gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic along with all the information needed for success in the workshop. Robert W. Lang is a cabinetmaker and draftsman living in Ohio. His books include Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors, and More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, also published by Cambium Press. See all Editorial Reviews Browse the New York Times best sellers in popular categories like Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Books and more. Series: Shop Drawings series Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing; 1St Edition edition (October 1, 2001) 8.4 x 0.4 x 10.9 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces #546,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Home Improvement & Design > Furniture in Books > Arts & Photography > Decorative Arts & Design > Furniture Design in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Home Improvement & Design > How-to & Home Improvements > Woodworking > Projects
5 star33%4 star39%3 star17%2 star6%1 star5%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsExperience Required!Nice book but bad measurements"Shop Drawings" useful and funHighly recommended do-it-yourself guideDon't take it as gospel . . .Authentic Design, all you need to recreate Classic Arts and Crafts Projects|Beware Bob Lang's Plans!!!| Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects (Dover Woodworking) Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors: Cabinets, Moldings and Built-Ins for Every Room in the Home (Shop Drawings series) Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture: 23 American Arts and Crafts Masterpieces See and discover other items: chair woodworkingARTS & CRAFTS OAK V-BACK ROCKING CHAIR, STICKLEY & BRANDT CHAIR COMPANY, BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, 1891-1918. < Previous Lot | Next Lot > The v-shaped crest above five splats and a leather seat, affixed with a gold “Stickley & Brandt” decal.“Lifestyle” is a concept that seems very late-20th century, but the work of Gustav Stickley, architect, furniture designer and manufacturer, publisher and social critic in the early 20th century, clearly strove to encompass and influence many aspects of life and living.
A slide lecture on the work of Gustav Stickley will be presented on Sunday, Jan. 22 by Peter Copeland, who lives in one of two Stickley-designed houses in Maplewood. He will speak at the Durand-Hedden House at 1:30 and 3:00 pm. Mr. Copeland has been a Stickley collector and historian for many years, and owns The Parchment Press, publishers of twenty-two titles on the American Arts & Crafts Movement, including six books about Gustav Stickley and his work.“My first exposure to Stickley furniture was a rocking chair that I found at a garage sale,” Mr. Copeland said. “Its straight lines and sound construction appealed to me.”Stickley was the leading American proponent of the Arts & Crafts Movement, which arose in England in the latter part of the 19th century. William Morris and others conceived of the Arts & Crafts Movement as a reaction to the industrialization of production and to the elaborate clutter of Victorian style. The Movement celebrated individual craftsmanship and a cohesive approach to architecture and design.
Gustav Stickley learned the furniture business early on, working for his uncle in Brandt, Pennsylvania. He and his brothers later established a furniture business in Binghamton, New York. Eventually, Gustav Stickley struck out on his own, inspired by a trip to Europe in 1895-96, where he was met leaders of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Stickley returned to the United States determined to interpret their ideas in a uniquely American way.When Stickley interpreted his ideas for the American market, it was as a concept designed to improve the life of the middle classes. He focused on the creation of an “ideal home” – inviting, warm, facilitating family togetherness around the hearth, with broad porches for outdoor dining, sitting and sleeping – all designed to bring fresh air, sunshine, health and comfort to the family. In 1901, Stickley began to publish a popular magazine called The Craftsman, in which he propounded his lifestyle philosophy, exemplified in sturdy, clean-lined furniture and house designs.
The magazine began featuring house designs regularly in 1904. The plans were created by professional architects and expressed essential features of Craftsman architecture, such as deep eaves, exposed roof beams and rafter ends, extra stick work on gables and porches, straight or tapered porch columns above solid piers or railings, dormers and multiple roof planes. Stickley offered detailed plans of the featured houses free of charge to subscribers, gave free advice to builders, and provided detailed instructions on furniture construction.In the Craftsman house, first floor woodwork (quarter-sawn oak, chestnut, or other hardwood) was stained. In upper stories, inferior woods such as gumwood were used, and usually painted. The hearth was made of natural, preferably local materials, such as stone or brick, and the main rooms often had built-in bookcases, benches, and cupboards. Often “dark” interiors were counterbalanced by multiple windows and porches to bring in light.Stickley’s concepts of home embraced a range of decorative elements as well, including lighting (sconces, chandeliers and table lamps), hardware, rugs, linens and fabrics as well as chairs, bookcases, cabinets, tables and other pieces.
In 1908, he bought property in Parsippany to create Craftsman Farms, a compound dedicated to the expression of the Craftsman ideals. He completed it by 1911. (It is now the Craftsman Museum, open April through November and weekends in December). In 1913, at the height of his success, he opened The Craftsman Building on 39th Street in New York City that offered all his merchandise. However, he was soon overextended and went bankrupt in 1915, eventually losing both his home at Craftsman Farms and his business. He then joined his brothers Leopold and John George in manufacturing “Stickley” furniture in the name of another company. Gustav Stickley and his work were largely forgotten by the 1930s, and he died in obscurity in 1942. After furniture in the Arts and Crafts style lost popularity in the 1920s, the L. & J.G. Stickley Company expanded its furniture offerings to include American Colonial and other period styles, enabling it to remain in business. In 1972, an exhibition at the Princeton Art Museum reignited interest in the style.