Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds · Arts & Crafts / Craftsman
Stickley Fireplace with Built-in Bookcases and Panels Above (1909)
An illustration from Craftsman Homes of a living room fireplace flanked by built-in bookcases, with a wide frieze of panels above and heavy beamed ceiling.
Design characteristics
This design brings the fireplace, bookcases and wall panels into a single composition. The firebox is set in a plain masonry surround, low bookcases with glazed doors flank it, and a band of panels runs above at the height of the door heads. It is exactly the kind of wall many bungalow owners want to recreate, and it adapts easily to a modern gas fireplace or media wall.
Classification
- Category
- Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds
- Material
- Fumed oak
- Motifs
- Tile surround, Glazed bookcase
- 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.
