Seat or Settle
Title
Seat or Settle
Date
1903-04
Maker
The United Crafts
The Craftsman Workshops
Notes
This seat appears in an advertisement with the title “An Attractive Seat,” and is described as “a product of the Gustav Stickley Workshops. The wooden frame of the piece is of “fumed” oak, with the soft moiré surface peculiar to the pieces of its maker. The cushion and pillows are of green canvas cloth, a linen fabric recently imported from England, the pillows are large and square, having their outline emphasized with hem-stitching, done with linen thread, in the natural color of flax.”
The proportions of this piece are modest, and most similar (visually) to Settle (no. 291). Although it is difficult to make out from the photograph precisely what the back panel is made of, that it lacks the grain of the oak rail above it, and appears to be a continuous piece makes it probable it is a fabric of some sort.
Documented In
The Craftsman 4 (August 1903): following 386.
Materials
Fumed oak with canvas (?) back panel.