Built-ins & Bookcases · Arts & Crafts / Craftsman
Stickley Fireside Nook with Built-in Seats (1909)
A plate from Stickley's Craftsman Homes showing a fireside nook in a living room, with built-in benches on either side of a tiled fireplace under a low ceiling.
Design characteristics
The inglenook, a seat built beside or around a fireplace, was one of the signature features of Arts and Crafts houses on both sides of the Atlantic. In this Stickley design, high-backed benches face each other across the hearth, with casement windows above, creating a small room within the room. Inglenooks are as appealing now as they were in 1909: a warm, enclosed place to sit, with storage under the seats.
Classification
- Category
- Built-ins & Bookcases
- Material
- Fumed oak
- 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.
