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New Compilation of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture

Robert W. Lang — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:47:46 +0000

About 30 years ago, I had this idea that there ought to be a book of measured drawings of Arts & Crafts period furniture, focusing on the designs of Gustav Stickley. Gus called his work “Craftsman” furniture, and I think that term is far more appropriate than “Mission” furniture. “Mission” was a term coined by … Read more »

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Stickley No. 369 Morris Chair

Robert W. Lang — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:15:32 +0000

This is a model of a reproduction of the Gustav Stickley No. 369 Morris Chair. Read more »

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Fresh views of Stickley at the Dallas Museum of Art

Pop Wood Editors — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:14:53 +0000

Gustav Stickley and his furniture company were a complex and paradoxical lot. Stickley was a design icon, yet no drawings or work-notes in his hand seem to have survived (although the work of a number of nameless designers for his company does survive). He was a moderate socialist, and an aggressive businessman. He glorified individual … Read more »

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Morris Chair Tour

Robert W. Lang — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:36:38 +0000

My favorite project is usually the last one I’ve finished, or the one I’m about to start. The cover project for the April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine will likely stay a favorite for a long, long time. It’s a reproduction of a Gustav Stickley No. 369 bent arm chair. Gus knew what he … Read more »

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The Lost Stickley Table

Article Index — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:13:09 +0000

A one-of-a-kind table reappears after 100 years. By Robert W. Lang Pages: 56-61 From the November 2006 issue #158 Buy this issue now Most original Gustav Stickley furniture can be easily identified by model number. This was, after all, factory-made furniture and pieces were designed to be made in multiples. When you come across an … Read more »

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History of the Morris Chair

Robert W. Lang — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:20:59 +0000

In the mid-1860s a carpenter in Sussex, England named Ephraim Colman had a brilliant idea, to make a chair with an adjustable back. The idea was sketched by Warrington Taylor, and adapted by Phillip Webb for a chair to be produced by William Morris and Company. Chairs have had a slow evolution, and the best … Read more »

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Sorry Grandma, But I’m Proud of That

Robert W. Lang — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:13:13 +0000

I read a column about “professional blogging” the other day that mentioned a blog is the one place in journalism where it’s accepted practice to start with an anecdote about your grandmother. So here goes. I was raised that it was wrong, wrong, wrong to ever brag, boast or call undue attention to yourself. Grandma … Read more »

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Amazing Device for Laying out Complex Joints

Robert W. Lang — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:35:14 +0000

It’s easy to talk yourself out of doing something that’s out of the ordinary. Woodworkers tend to worry and analyze things so much that they often settle for less, when doing things right isn’t that much of a stretch. A case in point is the curved rails on the back of a Morris chair. How … Read more »

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Match Mortise Size Without Measuring

Robert W. Lang — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:22:14 +0000

Whenever I teach a class, at least one student will say to me “you really don’t like measuring, do you?” I don’t dislike measuring, but I try to avoid it whenever I can. When I’m trying to get one part to fit another, the numbers become irrelevant and measuring often becomes an opportunity to make … Read more »

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April Comes Between Thanksgiving and New Years

Robert W. Lang — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:26:53 +0000

Working on a magazine has some elements of science fiction, particularly in relation to the space/time continuum. Even though it’s late November, I’ve been working on a project for the April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Here is a “sausage factory tour” of how we select, design and build projects that appear in the … Read more »

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