A RARE AND IMPORTANT OAK DOUBLE BOOKCASE/CABINET

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A RARE AND IMPORTANT OAK DOUBLE BOOKCASE/CABINET
BY GUSTAV STICKLEY, CIRCA 1902

Featuring two pairs of glazed doors surmounting two pairs of cabinet doors with large strap hinges, the top with open back rail, the hardware of painted iron, with the firm's early red decal--69in. (175.3cm.) high, 60in. (152.4cm.) wide, 14in.(35.6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. a drawing of this cabinet in the Craftsman, November, 1902; Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, editors, The Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, Turn of the Century Editions, New York, 1981, p.40; Beth Cathers and Tod M. Volpe, Treasures of the American Arts & Crafts Movement 1890-1920, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1988, p. 29, fig. 3 for an illustration of this model