The Stickley Museum

Educating the Public on the contributions made by Stickley to American Home Life

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The Stickley Employee Art Show is now open! We encourage you to come and take a look at the amazing work done by our Stickley employees! Museum hours are Tuesdays 11:30-5:00 and Saturdays 10:00-5:00 or by appointment. Photo by Dashamir Gurabardhi.

The Stickley Employee Art Show is now open! We encourage you to come and take a look at the amazing work done by our Stickley employees! Museum hours are Tuesdays 11:30-5:00 and Saturdays 10:00-5:00 or by appointment. Photo by Dashamir Gurabardhi.

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Harvey Ellis in St. Louis

The other week we had the pleasure of a tour of the architecture of Harvey Ellis in St. Louis.  While Stickley fans will know him as the designer of Gustav’s lighter Mission furniture with inlays, in his life before furniture Harvey Ellis was a successful architect.

With our guide, St. Louis architect John Guenther, which included a former insane asylum, a gate house at Washington Terrace (where a gate keeper actually used to live) and a water tower (just to name a few). We had such a wonderful time with Stickley Territory Rep Dana Dean and the Dau family. Thank you for a great visit!

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I just never know what I’m going to find… Today while I was writing up condition reports on our Syracuse University loan that just returned (side note: go SU!), I noticed an old Stickley brand that was put right into one of the walls here in the former L. & J.G. Stickley factory.  Stickley used this “Stickley Fayetteville” brand beginning in the 1920s.  

I just never know what I’m going to find…

Today while I was writing up condition reports on our Syracuse University loan that just returned (side note: go SU!), I noticed an old Stickley brand that was put right into one of the walls here in the former L. & J.G. Stickley factory.  Stickley used this “Stickley Fayetteville” brand beginning in the 1920s.  

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That is Stickley?? We know what you’re thinking- that doesn’t look like a Stickley.  And you are right; this is not a typical chair that you would expect to see when you come to The Stickley Museum.  This circa 1890 rocking chair was a version of what was known at Patent Chairs, made popular by George Hunzinger, who patented his designs. It seems that Charles Stickley’s Stickley & Brandt Co. of Binghamton set out to make their version of Hunzinger’s designs with the rocker we see here. We are grateful to Carol L. Marsh for this donation as this chair helps us to expand our collection of Stickley & Brandt furniture.

That is Stickley??

We know what you’re thinking- that doesn’t look like a Stickley.  And you are right; this is not a typical chair that you would expect to see when you come to The Stickley Museum.  This circa 1890 rocking chair was a version of what was known at Patent Chairs, made popular by George Hunzinger, who patented his designs. It seems that Charles Stickley’s Stickley & Brandt Co. of Binghamton set out to make their version of Hunzinger’s designs with the rocker we see here. We are grateful to Carol L. Marsh for this donation as this chair helps us to expand our collection of Stickley & Brandt furniture.

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Anyone Hungry?? Straight from the Fayetteville Cook Book, Compliments of L. & J.G. Stickley, the two selections below are from the kitchen of Louise Stickley, who ran L. & J.G. Stickley after her husband Leopold’s death in 1957 to 1974 when the Audi family purchased the company.

Anyone Hungry??

Straight from the Fayetteville Cook Book, Compliments of L. & J.G. Stickley, the two selections below are from the kitchen of Louise Stickley, who ran L. & J.G. Stickley after her husband Leopold’s death in 1957 to 1974 when the Audi family purchased the company.

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Stickley Antique of the Week This Gustav Stickley chest of drawers no. 614 is one of the earliest examples of Stickley’s Mission bedroom furniture, under his company name of United Crafts (before he changed it to Craftsman Workshops). The double door cabinet sits atop four large drawers and the frame and panel structure on the sides and cabinet doors was a frequent design characteristic in the first years of Stickley’s Arts & Crafts furniture. This piece sold for $90,000 when it went to auction in 2005 at Treadway.  

Stickley Antique of the Week

This Gustav Stickley chest of drawers no. 614 is one of the earliest examples of Stickley’s Mission bedroom furniture, under his company name of United Crafts (before he changed it to Craftsman Workshops). The double door cabinet sits atop four large drawers and the frame and panel structure on the sides and cabinet doors was a frequent design characteristic in the first years of Stickley’s Arts & Crafts furniture. This piece sold for $90,000 when it went to auction in 2005 at Treadway.  

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Upcoming Event at Syracuse University SUArt Galleries is hosting a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday February 27th at 12:15pm in conjunction with the exhibit Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress. Sarah Lanigan, the Director of The Stickley Museum will be discussing the Stickley objects on loan as well as the historical impact of Stickley on Central New York during the early 1900s.  The event is free and open to the public. For more information go to suart.syr.edu.  [Image via suart.syr.edu]

Upcoming Event at Syracuse University

SUArt Galleries is hosting a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday February 27th at 12:15pm in conjunction with the exhibit Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress. Sarah Lanigan, the Director of The Stickley Museum will be discussing the Stickley objects on loan as well as the historical impact of Stickley on Central New York during the early 1900s.  The event is free and open to the public. For more information go to suart.syr.edu.  [Image via suart.syr.edu]

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