CRAFTSMAN, NOVEMBER 1905 (IX:2)

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

CRAFTSMAN, NOVEMBER 1905 (IX:2)

Entry/Object ID

96.72.1.7

Description

Magazine: "The Craftsman", Vol. IX, No. 2 (November 1905), published by Gustav Stickley. A light green cover with black text ink with title, date, and volume and number on the spine and title, publisher name, contents, and publication location on the front cover. The back cover has four advertisements. The magazine, ran by one of the leading proponents of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States and a designer and manufacturer of Craftsman-style furnishings, features articles on Russian politician Sergei Witte, New Jersey homes, civic art in Baltimore, a "scientific" study of the Japanese, a description of a Chinese mission, an article on home training in cabinet making, and the continuation of a series on Craftsman homes, among others. In fair condition with abrasions on the spine, creases on the cover corners, and stains on the cover and page xxiii of the back advertisement section. The name "A. E. Wadleigh" is handwritten in dark ink at the upper right of the cover. Two stamps from the Los Angeles County Public Library are at the bottom of the front cover.

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Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Magazines (periodicals), Arts and Crafts movement

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)