Stickley Brothers Quaint Furniture Mission Oak Sideboard

Many of us remember the old brown furniture in our grandparent's home which eventually got put on the back porch in our parent's home because no one wanted to use it in the house because it was old. Well, that old dark brown furniture that was made in the late 1800s and early 1900s was made from solid oak, not laminated wood as is most of today's furniture. It has, in the last 50 years, been elevated to the status of antique furniture. It has become highly collectible and most of the pieces are still in very good condition because they were so solidly and beautifully made. Here is an example of one to admire.

This Quaint Furniture (Stickley Brothers) quarter sawn oak sideboard is published in the 1912 Quaint Furniture Catalog #38 of the Stickley Brothers Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is listed as #8218 Sideboard and is shown on page 60. Everything is the same except this one has long copper hinges on the two doors and the one pictured in the catalog does not show the hinges. Perhaps they were a later addition.

There is the company's brass tag attached to the back of the furniture. It is their signature Art Nouveau "Quaint" logo. A framed mirror is attached to the back edge of the sideboard.

Albert and John Stickley were two of five brothers, all of whom made furniture, and were the founders of Stickley Brothers Quaint Furniture in 1891 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They introduced the Mission line around 1900.

Condition: good antique condition with light distressing commensurate with age. The laminated backing has splits and bulking.

Provenance: this Stickley Brothers Quaint Furniture Mission Oak Sideboard is from the collection of a Santa Fe resident

Recommended Reading: Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition by David Cathers

TAGS: ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD FURNITURE, Stickley Style