4 Quotes & Sayings By Gustav Stickley

Gustav Stickley was born in 1847 in Pennsylvania. His father was a German immigrant who had settled in the United States, worked odd jobs, and married a woman named Sophia. When Stickley was five years old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his aunt and uncle. He grew up during an era when furniture was typically made by "rabbits" or "old men" in their attics Read more

After graduating from high school, he took an apprenticeship with a local cabinetmaker who taught him the trade. In 1870 he married his first wife, Mary McGovern.

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First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture. Gustav Stickley
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There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. Gustav Stickley
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The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods. Gustav Stickley