Property from the Private collects ion of Robert Kaplan, Maplewood, New Jersey
HARVEY ELLIS | FALL-FRONT DESK
Auction Closed
July 30, 06:21 PM GTNN
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private collects ion of Robert Kaplan, Maplewood, New Jersey
HARVEY ELLIS
FALL-FRONT DESK
circa 1903
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
inlays executed by the workshop of George Henry Jones, New York
oak, pewter, copper and tinted wood inlay, hand-wrought iron, cedar interior
with the firm's decal and retailer's paper label
43⅞ x 30¼ x 11¼ in. (111.4 x 76.8 x 28.6 cm)
Private collects ion, Western Massachusetts, circa 1903
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Structure and Ornament in the Craftsman Workshops," The Craftsman, January 1904, p. 394
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., collects ed Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 48
David Cathers and Susan J. Montgomery, Arts and Crafts Furniture from the collects ion of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, FL, 2017, p. 82