Cabinet Doors & Fronts · Arts & Crafts / Craftsman
Stickley Dining Room with Flush-Door Dish Cupboard (1909)
A plate from Craftsman Homes showing a dining room with a dish cupboard built into the wall so that the doors sit flush with the paneling.
Design characteristics
This design hides storage in the wall: the cupboard doors are flush with the surrounding wainscot, so the room reads as a single paneled surface. Above, a shelf at door-head height runs around the room. The lower image shows a built-in window seat under a broad window. Flush-door storage is an idea that feels very contemporary today and works for pantries and media storage as well as dining rooms.
Classification
- Category
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Material
- Fumed oak
- Motifs
- Flush door, Built in sideboard
- 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.
