Comments on: New Compilation of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture

By: mmorabit

mmorabit — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:19:17 +0000

Robert, Is there any chance you may add a drawing or two? The Gamble dining table and chairs are nowhere to be found. Any specific reason why what may be regarded as their premier piece has never been done?

By: Robert W. Lang

Robert W. Lang — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:50:24 +0000

That’s one of the reasons for the compilation edition. More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture has been out of stock from the publisher for about a year. Used copies on Amazon are going for crazy prices. Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture is nearly out of stock after 6 or 7 printings, so it makes some sense to combine them with the Inlays and Hardware book, and freshen everything up.

Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors will remain in print as it is popular with architects and owners of Arts and Crafts period homes.

By: djmueller1

djmueller1 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:52:11 +0000

Are your first three books still in print? The four together would make a nice reference set.

By: Robert W. Lang

Robert W. Lang — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:24:03 +0000

As an historic footnote, Greene & Greene were featured in a couple of articles in Stickley's The Craftsman magazine, and also used Stickley's furniture in some of their houses.

By: B Jackson

B Jackson — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:40:25 +0000

SWMBO also likes contemporary, Danish Modern, and Asian. So, I’m percolating blends of G & G with contemporary / Modern / Asian in the back of my mind. Looks like it’s time to break out Sketch-up again.

By: B Jackson

B Jackson — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:34:49 +0000

I have your book on Greene & Greene, which She Who Must Be Obeyed likes much more so than straight-line Stickley. So, sorry, I’ll have to pass this one up for the time being. (And, as a long-ago liberal arts grad, I took a second major in history. Darn!)

By: Mitch Wilson

Mitch Wilson — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:58:59 +0000

Say, Bob, here’s a blithering idea for you. If you have nothing else to do the week-end of March 31/April1, you might want to consider hitching a ride with Ron Herman, who will be doing some teaching at the NWA in Saratoga Springs, NY. On the way over, you guys can get off at the Syracuse exit of the Thruway and go to The Stickley Museum, which is located on the 2nd floor of the original L. & J.G. Stickley Factory at 300 Orchard Street, Fayetteville, N.Y. 13066, above the Fayetteville Free Library, just a few miles outside of Syracuse. Free cups of really good coffee added as a bonus if you do so. Just a thought.

By: sablebadger

sablebadger — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:00:57 +0000

Awesome, I’ll want to be pre-ordering that one!