Arts and Crafts Rugs for Craftsman Interiors: The Crab Tree Farm Collection

By Linda Parry

Gustav Stickley is revered not only as a furniture maker butalso as a leading proponent for the American Arts and Craftsmovement. He designed simple, well-made household furnishings and-forward-looking interiors, which he promoted through his magazine, The Craftsman (1901-1916). The rugs used in his interiorsare arguably the most under-studied of all the decorative arts ofthe Arts and Crafts movement. Arts and Crafts Rugs for CraftsmanInteriors considers both the rugs that The Craftsman recommended and designs by artists who influenced the work andphilosophy of Stickley. Among the rugs discussed are works byBritish Arts and Crafts luminaries William Morris and Gavin Morton,druggets imported from India, Navajo blankets and rugs, and rareCrex and Abn?kee examples. This essential publicationillustrates the use of rugs in Craftsman settings and providesdetailed descriptions and color photographs of more than sixty rugsdrawn from the collection of Crab Tree Farm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393733203
• ISBN13: 9780393733204
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 12.1"