Arm Chair (no. 2597)
Title
Arm Chair (no. 2597)
Date
1901-04
Maker
Gustave Stickley Company
The United Crafts
The Craftsman Workshops
Notes
July 1902 issue of The Craftsman mentions “seats woven in colored raffia.”
Available with Roan skin or flat reed seat (Chips from the Workshops of the United Crafts).
Listed as a Rocker, not a chair in the 1902 Retail Plates.
At least 12 from 1903 have a special high back with a height of 29 inches.
Collectors and dealers have referred to this as a v-back because of the shape of the crest rail.
Model No.
2597
Cataloged In
Documented In
The Craftsman 2 (July 1902)
Factory Inventory (1902-04)
Retail Price
$12.00 (1901 Factory Inventory)
$9.00 (Chips from the Workshops of the United Crafts)
Materials
Austrian Oak or Green Ash (Chips from the Workshops of the United Crafts)
Oak (1903 inventory)
Credit Line
1902 Retail Plate image courtesy of Winterthur Library, Gustav Stickley, [Catalog of Photoprinted Plates] [Grand Rapids, Mich.]: G. Stickley, [1902 or 1903], call no. NK2265 S845 F TC