Craftsman Workshops

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Craftsman Workshops was Gustav Stickley’s influential furniture and design enterprise that helped define the American Arts and Crafts movement through its handcrafted, functional, and honest designs.

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Craftsman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Arts and Crafts company
design enterprise
furniture manufacturer
aim to integrate architecture, furniture, and decoration
to provide well-designed furnishings for the middle class
associatedLocation Eastwood, New York
Syracuse
surface form: Syracuse, New York
associatedWith The Craftsman (magazine)
brand Craftsman
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designPhilosophy functional design
handcraftsmanship
honest construction
simplicity
truth to materials
feature built-in functionality
emphasis on durability
exposed joinery
minimal ornament
foundedBy Gustav Stickley
industry furniture design
furniture manufacturing
interior design
influenced 20th-century American furniture design
American bungalow interiors
Craftsman-style houses
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement
surface form: English Arts and Crafts movement

John Ruskin
William Morris
knownFor promoting handcrafted production over machine ornament
standardizing the Craftsman aesthetic in the United States
materialUsed hand-wrought metal hardware
leather upholstery
quartersawn oak
movement Arts and Crafts movement
surface form: American Arts and Crafts movement
notableDesigner Gustav Stickley
parentOrganization Gustav Stickley
surface form: Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman enterprise
philosophicalTheme moral value of honest labor
unity of home and nature
product Mission-style furniture
built-in cabinetry
handcrafted furniture
lighting fixtures
textiles
style Craftsman style
Mission Revival style
surface form: Mission style

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Gustav Stickley notableWork Craftsman Workshops
Gustav Stickley founded Craftsman Workshops
West Adams architecturalStyle Craftsman Workshops
this entity surface form: Craftsman
Stickley founded Craftsman Workshops
subject surface form: Gustav Stickley