Lot Essay
This piece was presented by Gustav and Eda Stickley to LaMont A. Warner and his wife Emma on the occasion of their wedding in 1903.
Only three such cabinets are known to exist: the present example, an example illustrated in David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1996, p. 115 and a third example illustrated in David Cathers and Alexander Vertikoff, Stickley Style, Arts & Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition, 1999, p. 152.
The cabinet was originally offered in Stickley's catalogue, Things Wrought by the United Crafts, as model no. 964. The retail price was $90 for the cabinet with leaded glass, or $80 for a version with plain glass.
For additional pieces of Stickley furniture and furnishings from the estate of LaMont A. Warner, please see lots 3 through 18 in the sale of Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, including American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Designs, which will be sold on the morning of June 8th in these rooms.
Only three such cabinets are known to exist: the present example, an example illustrated in David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1996, p. 115 and a third example illustrated in David Cathers and Alexander Vertikoff, Stickley Style, Arts & Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition, 1999, p. 152.
The cabinet was originally offered in Stickley's catalogue, Things Wrought by the United Crafts, as model no. 964. The retail price was $90 for the cabinet with leaded glass, or $80 for a version with plain glass.
For additional pieces of Stickley furniture and furnishings from the estate of LaMont A. Warner, please see lots 3 through 18 in the sale of Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, including American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Designs, which will be sold on the morning of June 8th in these rooms.