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He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFurniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStickley Style\u003c/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eGustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms: A Pictorial History\u003c/i\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathers is one of a select group of international Arts \u0026amp; Crafts specialists who contributed to the catalogue of the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum exhibition 'International Arts \u0026amp; Crafts' (2005). He began collecting Stickley furniture in 1973, and since 1993 has been a trustee of the Craftsman Farms Foundation, based in New Jersey.\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eGustav Stickley (1858-1942) was an iconic character and one of the most influential figures of the American Arts \u0026amp; Crafts movement. A self-made man whose furniture company, Craftsman Workshops, and the seminal magazine he founded in 1901, \u003ci\u003eThe Craftsman\u003c/i\u003e, held wide-ranging influence over American interior design and decorative arts for decades. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough best-known as a designer of functional yet beautifully crafted wooden furniture, Stickley was also an entrepreneur and brilliant manager who assembled a talented team of collaborators to produce lamps, metalwork, textiles, plans for houses, and interiors. This is the first ever authoritative and comprehensive monograph on the life and career of Stickley, and constitutes an essential contribution to the field of American Arts \u0026amp; Crafts and decorative arts. It is generously illustrated with archival and specially commissioned photographs of furniture and objects, as well as people and places central to Stickley's life.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Cathers is one of the most widely consulted scholars on Stickley, and this book gathers together years of his research and expertise. \u003ci\u003eGustav Stickley\u003c/i\u003e includes a chronology, bibliography and detailed biographical information on all of Stickley's significant collaborators, making it an indispensable research volume.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;This well-illustrated book is essential reading for students of design history and an inspiration for designers and makers.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Handsome large-format and well-illustrated volume.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Art Newspaper\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;This gorgeous book is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the father of the American Arts \u0026amp; Crafts movement.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAntiques Magazine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;ell-documented and extensively illustrated... Makes use of a number of untapped sources... The book not only offers many new facts and insights into Stickley\u0026#8217;s life and his designs, it also provides a very useful biographical collaborators... Cathers has added much to our understanding of the man himself.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Burlington Magazine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;As the first comprehensive and authoritative account of Stickley\u0026#8217;s life and works, the volume, by David Cathers, can be valued as much for its historical content as its aesthetic quality.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAmerican Style\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The book is filled with quality images of the finest examples of Stickley\u0026#8217;s work... The book sets itself apart from all others devoted to Stickley or the period by presenting the complete history of Gustav Stickley, the man and manufacturer. This is thoroughly accomplished through both intricate text and also through a plethora of photographs.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAntiques\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The furniture of Gustav Stickley long has been recognized as occupying a high place in the American Art \u0026amp; Crafts movement and has been collected for decades. Still, only now, more than 60 years after his death, is there a text that comprehensively treats his achievements. It brings together images from \u003cem\u003eThe Craftsman\u003c/em\u003e, the seminal magazine Stickley founded, with contemporary color photographs of individual pieces of furniture to complement the first detailed account of his life and art. The period photographs are indispensable, and readers who are strangers to Stickley\u0026#8217;s world will find especially helpful the appendix that provides brief biographies of his creative collaborators.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;A lavish, comprehensive monograph on the life and, in particular, the work of an originator of the Arts \u0026amp; Crafts furniture design movement in the United States, is a fine, deep, and impressive exploration\u0026#8230;Produced on heavy, glossy paper stock, with several hundred illustrations, both color and black-and-white photography, and line drawings, this work meticulously highlights Stickley\u0026#8217;s enormous contribution to design. The bibliography and index make this volume particularly useful.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Amply illustrated with newly commissioned photographs of Stickley furniture, textiles and metalwork, period photographs and images drawn from \u003cem\u003eThe Craftsman,\u003c/em\u003e this handsome volume includes, in addition to the chronology, notes and index, profiles of Stickley\u0026#8217;s many creative collaborators and an illustrated sequence tracing the evolution of a single design, the fall-front desk, from 1900 to 1905.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAmerican Craft\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;This handsomely illustrated book is the best authority we have on the clef figure in an enormously influential movement.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eInterior Design\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Eclipsing all others, this book is now the definitive study of Stickley and his production. Through careful, well-documented research, a comprehensive picture of the man emerges from the text and outstanding pictures from historical sources, including fine, detailed color plates of furniture.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eChoice\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Cathers\u0026#8217;s vivid descriptions of the day-to-day workings of Stickley\u0026#8217;s enterprises and the creation of the Craftsman style but also the archival photographs and color plates from \u003cem\u003eThe Craftsman\u003c/em\u003e magazine, together with good color pictures, some of them details, of the finest Craftsman furniture are what make this book fascinating.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eMaine Antiques Digest\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;If you are interested in Arts \u0026amp; Crafts then, with no qualifications whatsoever, you simply must own this book. Period.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe New York-Pennsylvania Collector\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"A guide to this seminal American Arts \u0026amp; Crafts figure."}