The Stickley Brothers

The Quest for an American Voice

By Clark, Michael & Thomas-Clark, Jill

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$39.95 hardcover 1-58685-053-9 8 x 10 in, 160 pp, 130 Color Photographs, 30 Black & White Photographs, Rights: W, Design/Biography Stickley is a name synonymous with Arts & Crafts style in America. The five Stickley brothers-Gustav, Albert, Leopold, John George, and Charles-were fully engaged in the furniture industry around the turn of the twentieth century and had a huge impact on America's statement of style. But were any one of them a style maker? Gustav Stickley claimed that he had established an American style. Albert Stickley contradicted that claim, and Leopold made his own statement during his final years. Here, for the first time, the representative photographs and ideas of all the brothers' work appear together in one volume, to compare and contrast, so that readers might make their own evaluations. Michael and Jill Thomas-Clark examine each brother's work and its relation to the quest for an American style, placing particular emphasis on the early years and transitional moments. The authors draw a definitive conclusion, and it is an answer certainly worth reading, seeing, and thinking about. Dr. Michael E. Clark is an associate professor at Elmira College in the Fine Arts Department, and Jill Thomas-Clark is a registrar for the Corning Museum of Glass. Their work has appeared in Style 1900: The Journal of the Arts and Crafts Movement. They live in upstate New York.

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ISBN
978-1-58685-053-1
Publisher
Gibbs Smith Publishers


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Reviewed on January 15, 2003

Clark (fine arts, Elmira Coll.) and Thomas-Clark (registrar, Corning Museum of Glass) here showcase a seminal family in the history of American furniture design and decorating style. Along with Frank Lloyd Wright and Greene & Greene, the five Stickley brothers popularized the austere style of the Arts & Crafts movement in the early 20th century, producing high-quality designs that resembled the work of the Shakers. Gustav...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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