Gustav Stickley Morris Chair
Reproduce an Arts & Crafts classic and
reward yourself with the ultimate easy chair.
I
n Gustav Stickley’s book Craftsman Homes, there is a picture of this
chair with the following caption: "A big deep chair that means com-
fort to a tired man when he comes home after the day’s work." First
produced around 19 0 6, this chair is an icon of Stickley ’s furniture and
his philosophy.
Visually, this chair invites you to sit down and relax – a result of the
sloping arms and side rails, the warmth and color of the quartersawn
white oak and the upholstered seat and back. Few people who see this
chair can resist the desire to sit in it. And few who sit in it can rise with-
out regret.
Other manufacturers who knocked off Stickley’s work cut corners
and simplifi ed his designs, and many woodworkers look for a way to
make a chair like this with simpler joinery. Without the joinery it isn’t a
chair like this; it’s something less. There is a reward for doing it right; in
this case, the reward for the effort is the chair itself.
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