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Property from a New York CollectorGustav StickleyRare Corner Cabinet circa 1902executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley Eastwood, New Yorkoak, hammered copper, glass70⅛ x 46½ x 27½ in. (178.1 x 118.1 x 69.8 cm)Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Celine.Park@sothebys.com ProvenancePrivate Collection, Essex, New York, circa 1902 Thence by descent Acquired from the above by the present ownerLiteratureStephen Gray, The Early Works of Gustav Stickley New York, 1987, p. 4 David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Philmont, 1996, p. 116Catalogue noteExemplary of Gustav Stickley’s fully realized 1902 furniture forms, this corner cabinet allows its high quality materials and visible construction methods to speak for themselves. The structure unites form and function: its strong geometric proportions recess to a triangular point to perfectly suit the corner of a room. The rich oak surface is left unadorned with the exception of its hammered copper hardware and a checkered diamond pattern of glass panels that showcase its interior holdings. The combination of these attributes embodies the reform principles which Stickley put forth in his magazine The Craftsman, emphasizing craftsmanship and simplicity over industrial mass production and excessive ornament. The present lot is one of only two known extant examples to date of this rare cabinet design from Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Workshops.