Collection Highlights

A Well Crafted Legacy explores over a century of furniture-making excellence. It highlights the inspiration and craftsmanship that made Stickley America's foremost fine-furniture maker and the craftspeople whose commitment to quality led to Stickley's reputation for manufacturing heirloom-quality furniture. 

The 8,000-square-foot exhibit gallery contains furniture and accessories from the earliest days of Stickley up to the present, as well as a variety of images and archival documents illustrating the company's journey.

Ornate bombe chest-on-chest in a rich mahogany finish with curved drawer fronts, brass hardware, and a carved shell motif on the upper center drawer, displayed in a well-lit museum or showroom setting.

Bombé Chest

Introduced into the Stickley Williamsburg Reserve Collection, this Bombé Chest-on-Chest is an adaptation of a piece in the Colonial Williamsburg Collections. The rounded or “kettle” base houses drawers that curve to match.

The original was produced by cabinetmakers in the Boston area circa 1780, at what was then the only known center for making this type of furniture.

Wide armchair with a solid oak Mission-style frame and deep red leather seat and back cushions, displayed in a museum or gallery setting with historical furniture in the background.

Dalai Lama Chair

This oversized Eastwood Chair, based on Gustav Stickley’s original design, was created for the Dalai Lama so that he could sit cross-legged comfortably during various appearances in Central New York.

Exhibit display of Mission-style furniture, including a Prairie Settle sofa with rust-red upholstery and a solid oak frame, a three-panel oak screen with floral inlay, and a small matching wooden stool, all set against a rust-colored wall in a museum environment.

Prairie Settle

The L. & J.G. Stickley Prairie Settle, a distinctive Arts and Crafts design by Peter Hansen, is one of the most iconic forms of the period.

Close-up of a handcrafted wooden chair back with three vertical slats, each featuring delicate inlay work of stylized tulip motifs in dark contrasting wood, set in a medium oak frame with visible grain pattern. A red cushion is partially visible at the bottom of the frame.

Harvey Ellis

Harvey Ellis joined Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Workshops in 1903. Inspired by Japanese prints, Native American motifs, and the Arts and Crafts movement abroad, his designs brought delicacy, color, and sophistication to Gustav’s massive, solid furniture style. Soft arches, architectural designs, and intricate inlays, seen here, are characteristic of Harvey Ellis pieces.

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