Craftsman Homes (Revised) (Dover Architecture) Contributor(s): Stickley, Gustav (Author)

Craftsman Homes (Revised) (Dover Architecture)
Contributor(s): Stickley, Gustav (Author)

The late 19th-century protest against machine-age artificiality which spawned the Arts and Crafts Movement in England, engendered a distinct American offshoot: the Craftsman, or Mission style. Gustav Stickley's handsome magazine "The Craftsman" (1901-16) became the voice of that style, seeking beauty and creativity in simplicity and organic harmony.

296 architectural drawings, floor plans, and photographs illustrate 40 different kinds of "Mission-style" homes from The Craftsman (1901-16), voice of American style of simplicity and organic harmony. Thorough coverage of Craftsman idea in text and picture, now collector's item.

Furniture maker and architect Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) was a leading spokesman for the American Craftsman movement, a design trend descended directly from the British Arts and Crafts movement.

Reprint of the 2d ed. published in 1909 by Craftsman Pub. Co., New York.