Stickley Furniture Company has a long history and remains one of the most well recognized and popular fine furniture companies in the United States. Of course, the company became known for the incredible designs of Gustav Stickley, the head of the Arts and Crafts Furniture movement in the United States. However, the other Stickley brothers spearheaded different design movements and popularized solid wood furniture in the 1930’s through 1960s. Stickley Furniture Brand today features a vast array of product offerings for fine homes. Of course, they still pay homage to their roots, by offering several collections that represent their history and past. In fact, the Stickley Company offers reproductions and adaptations of Mission style furniture produced a century ago and popularized by Gustav, one of the four founders. Indeed, the Mission lines by Stickley feature the same incredible craftsmanship and simplified lines popularized by the early company. Of course, these Mission Styles centered around high ideals like truth, transparency in design and clarity. To this point, wood grains were exposed rather than covered. Likewise, the construction of these wood pieces is revealed, not hidden. So, joinery in Mission style furniture is celebrated. In other words, it is easy to see how Mission furniture is made by simply picking it up and looking at it. In many ways, Mission Style Furniture came as a rejection to sometimes Gaudy and ostentatious Victorian Furniture, and as an alternative to the Industrialized mass production of furniture just being born in America. Gustav Stickley praised artisans and wanted to promote true workmanship. Antique Stickley Furniture signed by Gustav is rare and highly collectible. Of course, these original pieces made by the Stickley workshops during the turn of the century can cost several thousands and tens of thousands of dollars. Many of these signed pieces end up in the homes of collectors and museums, such as the Stickley Museum in New York State. Stickley also produced several other collections throughout its long history. During the 1930s through the 1960s, vintage Stickley Cherry of the Valley Collection became quite popular. These pieces tended to have an Early American look. Indeed, many were inspired by early Colonial furniture kept today in museums. Stickley’s versions of these Colonial masterpieces show superior craftsmanship and very lovely hand rubbed finishes. Notably, on Cherry Valley furniture pieces by Stickley, you will find side-hung drawers and beautiful solid brass hardware. Today, you can still find these vintage pieces on the used furniture market today. Simply look for the label of L & JG Stickley, which represents the two brothers who spearheaded the collection. Stickley Furniture also had the prestigious license with Colonial Williamsburg. So, Stickley Traditional Furniture decorates many fine homes in the Mid-Atlantic region, and across the country. In their partnership with Colonial Williamsburg, Stickley followed the tradition of Kittinger Furniture and Baker Furniture in making incredible, high end reproductions of 17th and 18th Century America. In doing so, Stickley demonstrated their incredible old-fashioned workmanship and offered high quality mahogany and cherry adaptations and reproductions for today’s homes.