The Craftsman Farms Booklist

Please call the museum to order any of the books listed below.

Gustav Stickley - His Life And Work

Gustav Stickley--His Craft: A Daily Vision and a Dream $22.95. By A. Patricia Bartinique. Exhibition Catalog from Craftsman Farms. Furniture, metal, textiles, publications and accessories created by Stickley which define his philosophy of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Black and white photos. 120pp. Softcover.

Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: Furniture Made by Gustav Stickley, L. and J. G. Stickley and the Roycroft Shop. $27.50. By David M. Cathers. This revised edition traces the history of three upstate New York furniture makers, especially Gustav Stickley, and discusses philosophical and stylistic sources and shows how their furniture marks encode a system for accurately dating examples of their work. Black and white photos. 256 pp. Softcover.

Gustav Stickley, the Craftsman $9.95. By Mary Ann Smith. Chronicles the formation of Stickley's design philosophy, history of The Craftsman, and major events in the rise and fall of the Craftsman empire with special emphasis on his architectural accomplishments. Black and white illustrations. 186pp. Softcover.

Craftsman Bungalows: 59 Homes from The Craftsman $9.95. Edited by Gustav Stickley. Reprints of 36 articles which appeared in The Craftsman between 1903 and 1916 featuring descriptions of 59 bungalows. 193 black and white illustrations. 152pp. Softcover.

Craftsman Homes: Architecture and Furnishings of the American Arts and Crafts Movement $10.95. By Gustav Stickley. Reprints of plans and drawings for 40 different kinds of cottages, bungalows, suburban houses and city dwellings featured in Stickley's magazine, The Craftsman. 296 black and white illustrations. 205pp. Softcover.

Craftsman-Style Houses $17.95. Articles collected form Fine Homebuilding magazine, with design ideas to construct or renovate Craftsman-style houses. Color photos. 160pp. Softcover.

Gustav Stickley Craftsman Homes: Mission-Style Homes and Furnishings of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Including a Rare Promotional Pamphlet: The Craftman's Story. $19.95. Reprint of the 1909 Craftsman Homes, which was a compilation of house and furniture designs from Gustav Stickley's magazine, The Craftsman, assists in finding authentic buildings and furnishings. Black and white photos. 227 pp. Hardcover.

More Craftsman Homes: Floor Plans and Illustrations for 78 Mission Style Dwellings $9.95. By Gustav Stickley. Reprint of a 1912 catalog of homes which featured efficiency of space and materials within the means of the average family. 345 black and white illustrations. 201pp. Softcover.

Collected Works of Gustav Stickley $20. Edited by Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards. Revised edition. A collection of Stickley's writings from Things Wrought, Chips from the Craftsman Workshops, and The Craftsman as well as catalogues of his furniture and furnishings. Black and white photos. 175pp. Softcover.

Craftsman Furniture $9.95. By Gustav Stickley. Reprint of Stickley's last important furniture catalog, printed in 1912. Foreward written by Bruce Johnson. Black and white photos. 65pp. Softcover.

Craftsman Furnishings for the Home $10.00. By Gustav Stickley. Reprint of a 1912 Craftsman catalog, featuring lighting, metalware, willow furniture, and textiles. Black and white photos. 64pp. Softcover.

The Early Work of Gustav Stickley $20. By Stephen Gray. Furniture illustrations from Gustav Stickley's first catalog in 1901, in addition to other catalogs, sketches and photographs showing later furnishings, including willow furniture and lighting fixtures. Black and white illustrations. 174pp. Softcover.

Gustav Stickley after 1909 $20. By Stephen Gray. Reprint of the 1909 Craftsman Furniture catalog and the Safecraft catalog with a foreword by William Porter. Black and white photos. 176pp. Softcover.

Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs: Unabridged Reprints of Two Mission Furniture Catalogs $8.95. Introduction by David M. Cathers. Furniture from Gustav Stickley and his brothers, L and J.G., shown as they were actually offered for sale. 594 black and white illustrations. 192pp. Softcover.

The 1912 and 1915 Gustav Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs $9.95. By Gustav Stickley. Armchairs, rockers, stools, settles, desks, beds, music cabinets, drop-leaf tables, nests of tables, chests of drawers, sideboards, china cabinets and dressers are illustrated. 205 black and white photographs. 112pp. Softcover.

Gustav Stickley, Craftsman Homes:Mission-Style Homes and Furnishings of the American Arts and Crafts Movement $19.95. A compilation of house and furniture designs which originally appeared in the magazine, The Craftsman, first published by Gustav Stickley in 1909. Includes a rare promotional pamphlet: The Craftsman's Story. Black and white illustrations. 227pp. Hardcover.

The Arts & Crafts Movement

The Arts &Crafts Movement $12.95. By Elizabeth Cumming and Wendy Kaplan. British, American and European architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and books are illustrated to show the moral superiority of "honest" design and natural materials. 176 illustrations, 31 in color. 216pp. Softcover.

The Arts and Crafts Movement in America: 1876-1916 $29.95. Edited by Robert Judson Clark. Reprint of 1972 exhibition catalog from the Princeton University Art Museum and The Art Institute of Chicago. Provides photos, background and descriptions of Arts and Crafts furniture, metalware, pottery and book design. 295 black and white photos. 192 pp. Softcover.

The Arts and Crafts Movement in California: Living the Good Life $55. By Kenneth R. Trapp. Arts and Crafts objects and architecture created in California between 1895 and 1930 were inspired by the state's spectacular scenery, distinctive flora and fauna, and its romantic past. Extensive artists' biographies and company histories are included. Color and black and white photos. 328pp. Hardcover.

Arts & Crafts $12.95. By James Massey and Shirley Maxwell. Recoiling from the mechanization brought by the industrial revolution, late-nineteenth-century designers in England and America, including John Ruskin, William Morris and Gustav Stickley, urged a return to the honest handwork and fine craftsmanship exemplified by medieval craft guilds. Black and white photos. 95 pp. Hardcover.

Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: 1890-1920 $35. By Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers. Illustrates furniture, ceramics, metal and silver, and lighting, and offers information about the artists and their workshops. 131 color plates. 206pp. Hardcover.

American Arts &Crafts from the Collection of Alexandra and Sidney Sheldon. $29.95. A California collection of furniture, metalwork, lamps, ceramics, and paintings. Color and black and white photos. 103pp. Softcover with slipcase.

Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement $24.95. By Patricia J. Fidler. Exhibition catalog from the Spencer Museum of Art. Furniture, textiles, metalwork, jewelry, stained glass lamps, ceramics and graphic art from American and British designers. Color and black and white photos. 111pp. Softcover.

Official Price Guide to Arts and Crafts: The Early Modernist Movement in American Decorative Arts, 1894-1923 $12.95. By Bruce Johnson. Second edition. Information, price lists and advise on furniture, pottery, metalware, lighting, linen and architecture from a respected expert in the field. Photos. 475pp. Softcover.

Glasgow Girls: Woman in Art and Design, 1880-1920 $60. Edited by Jude Burkhauser. The lives and work of Bessie MacNicol, Norah Neilson Gray, Jessie Newbery, Margaret and Frances Macdonald, Jessie M. King and others who were involved with the Glasgow School of Art. Color and black and white illustrations. 263pp. Hardcover.

Redesigning the World: William Morris, the 1880s, and the Arts and Crafts. $17.95. By Peter Stansky. Examines William Morris's influence on design in the 1880s and his relationship to the Arts and Crafts movement as well as the Century Guild, the Art Workers' Guild and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Softcover.

Arts &Crafts Furniture and Design Innovation and Derivation: The Contribution of L. &J.G. Stickley to the Arts and crafts Movement $22.95. By Donald A. Davidoff and Stephen Gray. Exhibition catalog. Examines the Arts and Crafts furniture designs of Leopold and J. George Stickley in comparison to those of their older brother Gustav. Black and white photos. 127pp. Softcover.

The Early L. &J.G. Stickley Furniture: From Onondaga Shops to Handcraft $9.95. Edited by Donald A. Davidoff and Robert L. Zarrow. Reprints of two pieces of promotional literature, circa 1906- 9, for furniture produced at the Fayetteville company of Leopold and J. George Stickley. 206 black and white illustrations. 187pp. Softcover.

Mission Furniture of L. &J.G. Stickley $20. By Stephen Gray. Revised edition. Illustrations of furniture designs produced in the Onondaga Shops and Handcraft Shops and drawings from a catalog and other unpublished designs, circa 1910 to 1916. Black and white illustrations. 207pp. Softcover.

Quaint Furniture in Arts and Crafts $7.75. Reprint of c. 1908 catalog from the shop of George and Albert Stickley showing furniture, lighting fixtures and beaten copper objects. Illustrations. 80 pp. Softcover.

Quaint Furniture in Arts and Crafts $16.50. Edited by Stephen Gray. Reprints of excerpts from four catalogs of the earliest furniture produced by the Stickley Brothers in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Black and white illustrations. 144pp. Softcover.

In the Arts & Crafts Style $35. By Barbara Mayer. Highlights the works of Gustav Stickley, L &J.G. Stickley, Charles Voysey, Greene &Greene, George Ohr, Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles Rohlfs, and others prominent in the Arts & Crafts Movement. Includes source listing of dealers, auctioneers and contemporary cabinetmakers and artisans. Color photos. 224pp. Hardcover.

Arts and Crafts Furniture: Shop of the Crafters at Cincinnati $8.95. Edited by Stephen Gray. Reprint of the 1906 catalog of furniture produced by Oscar Onken's Shop of the Crafters in Cincinnati. Black and white photos. 70pp. Softcover.

Arts & Crafts Furniture Design: The Grand Rapids Contribution 1895-1915 $19.95. By Don Marek. Exhibition catalog from the Grand Rapids Art Museum, illustrating the innovative designs from the furniture production capital. Sepia photos. 77 pp. Softcover.

Illustrated Mission Furniture Catalog, 1912-13: Come-Packt Furniture Company $7.95. Edited by Victor Linoff. Reprint of a mail-order catalog of the Come-Packt Furniture Company of Ann Arbor and Toledo which featured knocked-down, Mission-style furniture as well as other designs. Black and white illustrations. 72pp. Softcover.

Indian Splint Manufacturing Company, Geneva, New York $19.95. Edited by Peter A. Copeland and Janet H. Copeland. Reprint of the 1909 and 1910-11 catalogs of a little known company which produced quality furniture unlike any of the work by Gustav Stickley or the other makers of orthodox mission-style furniture. Black and white photos. 92 pp. Softcover.

J. M. Young Arts and Crafts Furniture: 181 Photographs $10.95. Edited by Michael E. Clark and Jill Thomas-Clark. Details the labels, construction features, woods and finishes which help identify Young furniture which was produced in Camden, New York, from 1896 through the 1940s. Black and white photos. 128pp. Softcover.

Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture : The Complete 1903 Catalog $6.95. By Charles P. Limbert and Company with a new introduction by Christian G. Carron. Reprint of original catalog. Pen-and-ink sketches. 67pp. Softcover.

Roycroft Furniture Catalog, 1906. $6.95. Unabridged Dover republication of the catalog featuring over 140 drawings and photographs of Roycroft furniture. Illustrated. 51 pp. Softcover.

History of the Old Hickory Chair Company and the Indiana Hickory Furniture Movement. $22. By Ralph Kylloe. Showcases traditional rustic hickory furnishings and painted furniture from the Martinsville factory which can still be found in Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, The Grand Canyon Lodge and the Grove Park Inn. Black and white illustrations. 196 pp. Softcover.

American Art Pottery

American Art Pottery $25. Exhibition catalog from The Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Focuses on the Rookwood Pottery and spotlights major potteries form the 1870s to 1930s. Color and black and white photos. 144pp. Softcover.

Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks $25. By Paul Evans. Second edition. Individual potter articles are arranged alphabetically and include company history, wares developed, craftsman involved, and collections were work may be viewed. Black and white illustrations. 445pp. Softcover.

The Ceramics of William H. Grueby: The Spirit of the New Idea in Artistic Handicraft $40. By Susan J. Montgomery. Founding and growth of Grueby pottery and tile, produced in Boston at the turn of the twentieth century, which won critical acclaim and gold medals in international exhibitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Buffalo and St. Louis. Color and black and white photos. 119pp. Softcover.

The Fulper Book $35. By John Hibel, Carole Goldman Hibel, and Robert DeFalco, with text by David Rago. A major pottery which produced a large quantity of artware, the Fulper factory in New Jersey specialized in Germanic, Classical and Oriental glazes. Color and black and white photos. 112pp. Softcover.

Kovel's American Art Pottery: The Collector's Guide to Makers, Marks, and Factory Histories $60. By Ralph and Terry Kovel. Information needed by the collector for an understanding of the more than 250 art pottery factories and their wares. Color and black and white photos. 326pp. Hardcover.

Metal & Jewelry

Arts and Crafts Metalwork and Silver. $16.95. By Joanna Wissinger. Follows the movement from Europe and the works of C. R. Ashbee, John Pearson and Archibald Knox, to Dirk van Erp, Lebolt, Robert Jarvie, the Kalo Shop and Carence Crafters in the United States. Colored photos. 64 pp. Hardcover.

Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition $69.95. By Elyse Zorn Karlin. Over 700 illustrations show the jewelry and metalwork from the British Arts & Crafts Movement and its influence on European and American design. Color and black and white photos. 272pp. Hardcover.

How-To Books

How to Make Mission Style Lamps and Shades $5.95. By Popular Mechanics Company. Reprint of a 1911 manual offering 18 complete designs for authentic Mission- style lamps and shades. 75 black and white illustrations. 114pp. Softcover.

Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects $7.95. Edited by Gustav Stickley. Reprint of Stickley's classic designs which first appeared in his magazine, The Craftsman, between 1903-1907. Black and white illustrations. 121pp. Softcover.

Other Architecture

Authentic Small Houses of the Twenties: Illustrations and Floor Plans for 254 Characteristic Homes $14.95. Edited by Robert T. Jones. Reprint of a book of housing plans created by the nonprofit Architects' Small House Service Bureau to meet the need for private homes following World War I. Black and white photos. 278pp. Softcover.

California Bungalows of the Twenties $8.95. By Henry L. Wilson. Unabridged reprint of Henry L. Wilson's catalog of 75 house designs, many of them unique to the California landscape. Black and white illustrations. 121pp. Softcover.

Turn-of-the-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans $8.95. By Rogers & Manson. Reprint of 1912 catalog of winning entries form a nationwide competition for bungalow designs, sponsored by Brickbuilder, an early 20th-century trade publication. Black and white illustrations. 120pp. Softcover.

General

The Pegged Joint: Restoring Arts & Crafts Furniture and Finishes $14. By Bruce Johnson. Provides Arts & Crafts collectors with needed information and encouragement to preserve, repair, restore and care for their antique furniture. Illustrations. 96 pp. Softcover.

The Weekend Refinisher: How to Make the Most of Your Furniture--a Step-by-Step Guide. $12. By Bruce Johnson. Author of the Country Living column "Antiques Across America" shares professional refinishing shortcuts and tricks of the trade. Illustrations. 296 pp. Softcover.

Romance of the Mission: Decorating in the Mission Style $37.95. By Elmo Baca. Redefines for today the Mission Revival style which flourished in the late 1800s in the West and coincided with the Arts and Crafts movement. Both styles embraced simple, pure design with the use of natural materials and honest craftsmanship. Color photos. 143pp. Hardcover.

Porch, Lawn and Cottage Furniture: Two Complete Catalogs, ca. 1904 and 1926 $7.95. Edited by Victor M. Linoff. Reprint of two catalogs produced by the Rustic Hickory Furniture Company of La Porte, Indiana, illustrating rustic furnishings originally conceived for lodges and cabins in the Adirondack region of New York State. Black and white photos. 73pp. Softcover.

Tales and Traditions: Storytelling in Twentieth-Century American Craft $19.95. By Lloyd E. Herman and Matthew Kangas. Documents the rich narrative and figurative traditions of craft artists in the United States from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Color and black and white photos. 93pp. Softcover.

Grandmother's Garden: The Old-Fashioned American Garden, 1865-1915. $45. By May Brawley Hill. Rectagular-bordered beds of hardy perennials, self-sown annuals and native plants formed a uniquely American design which is explored in period paintings, photographs, poems, letters and popular journalism. Color and black and white photos. 240pp. Hardcover.

Wicker Furniture: A Guide to Restoring & Collecting $18.95. By Richard Saunders. Revised edition. The growth and development of wicker furniture is chronicled from neolithic times through the Golden Age to the 20th century. Where to find wicker, what to look for when buying it, how to date wicker furniture, and how to detect reproductions. Photos. 245pp. Softcover.

Viennese Stained Glass Designs in Full Color $6.95. By Franz C. Renner and Max Seemann. Reprint of an original portfolio first published in Germany in 1911 which represents the transition between Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs. Color photos. 30pp. Softcover.

Art Deco $12.95. By Richard Striner. Streamlined shapes, shimmering ornament, setback skyscrapers, zigzags and ziggurats--Art Deco captured the spirit of the Jazz Age from the 1920s to the 1930s and symbolized everything that was exotic and progressive about the new century. Black and white photos. 95 pp. Hardcover.

Early Victorian $12.95. By Constance M. Greiff. New technologies developed in the period 1830-70 made possible an array of early Victorian landmarks, including the Crystal Palace exhibition hall, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and parks for people everywhere. Black and white photos. 95 pp. Hardcover.

Gothic Revival $12.95. By James Massey and Shirley Maxwell. Recreates the age of Victoria by chronicling the Gothic Revival era (1830s to the 1870s) and its architecture, furnishings, fashions, art, literature, designers and key buildings. Black and white photos. 95 pp. Hardcover.

Renaissance $12.95. By Tracy E. Cooper. Captures the new world view that spread from Italy throughout Europe and details the achievements of the period, including the miraculous domed cathedral of Florence, urban palaces and rural villas. Black and white photos. 95 pp. Hardcover.

Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture and Nature $8.95. By Donald Hoffmann. Offers insights into the ways in which sun, soil, plants, wood, stone, light and air influenced Wright's complex approach to siting buildings and utilizing organic materials and decorative motifs. Black and white photos. 87pp. Softcover.