Cabinet Doors & Fronts · Arts & Crafts / Craftsman
Stickley Bookcase with Glazed Doors and Through-Tenons (1909)
An illustration from Craftsman Homes of a Stickley bookcase that makes decoration out of its structure, with glazed doors, visible through-tenons and simple pulls.
Design characteristics
Stickley's furniture showed off its joinery as ornament. This bookcase has two glazed doors divided into small panes, side stiles that run past the top and bottom, and keyed through-tenons where the shelves meet the sides. It is a perfect model for Arts and Crafts cabinet fronts: frame-and-panel doors with divided lights, square proportions and visible, honest construction.
Classification
- Category
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Material
- Fumed oak
- Motifs
- Through tenon, Divided lite
- Published
- 1909
- Maker or designer
- Gustav Stickley
- Evidence
- Period catalog illustration
Architectural context
Honest materials, visible joinery and woodwork built into the room. Britain and the United States · c. 1880–1930.
