Rarrabe tsakanin Tsarin Gidan Gida na Abokiyar Abokan
ya kira "Stickley" shi ne sananne a tsofaffin kayan gado - wani zane na zane-zane na Arts da Crafts. Amma akwai hakikanin manyan manyan abubuwa guda biyu na masu sana'a na kayan shafa: Gustav Stickley a daya hannun, L. & JG Stickley a daya. Abokan mawuyacin hali, sun kasance rikicewa, har ma a rayuwarsu.
Gustav Stickley: The Original Craftsman
Mutumin da ya fi sanannen dangi, Gustav Stickley (1858? -1942) wani mai gini ne, mai tsarawa da mawallafi.
Ta hanyar zane-zanensa da mujallu, The Craftsman , ya zama babban mai bada shawara game da al'adun gargajiya da al'adun Amurka . An kafa shi ne a Eastwood, New York, kamfaninsa na kayan ado, kayan aiki da kayan aiki daga 1900 zuwa 1916. Ya sanya kansa "Craftsman," ko da yake an kira shi " Ofishin Jakadancin " ko "Ofishin Jakadancin".
L. & JG Stickley: The Upstarts
Abubuwa na farko sun koma ga 'yan uwan Gustav: Leopold (1869-1957) da Yahaya George (1871-1921). Bayan aiki tare da Gustav na wani lokaci, ɗayan sun haɗa kai don fara aikin kansu a Fayetteville, New York a shekarar 1902. Sun yi watsi da gane hanyar da suke tsara, suna kiran su "kawai kayan mai sauki a kan Jakadan."
Amma duk da haka sun kasance a cikin matakan dan uwan. A gaskiya, a cikin littafin 1907, Gustav Stickley ya yi gargadin cewa "wasu daga cikin masu tsayayye da marasa bin doka sunyi suna kamar kaina, kuma ana amfani da wannan hujja don rikitarwa masu saye," kamar yadda David Cathers ya rubuta a cikin kayan kayan al'adu da fasaha na Amerikan. Ma'aikatar .
Tare A Ƙarshen
Daga ƙarshe, Leopold da John George sun iya samar da ganimar Gustav a fili. A 1916, Craftsman Workshops ya kasa, kuma 'yan uwansa suka sayi Gustav. Kamfanin dillancin labaru na kamfanin ya kara da cewa, kananan kamfanoni ne mai suna Stickley Associated Cabinetmakers, sannan kuma kamfanin Stickley Manufacturing.
A shekara ta 1974, kamfanin EJ Audi ya samu wannan kamfani, wanda daga bisani sunan Stickley, Audi & Co., ya haifa kuma ya haifar da sauye-sauye na zamani na dukan Stickleys.
Same, Kawai Bambanta
Idan aka kwatanta da Gustav Stickley da L. & JG Stickley, kayayyaki na Gustav Stickley da L. & JG Stickley sunyi kama da juna kamar yadda ake nunawa mai suna "gaskiya," aiki mai dorewa, kayan aiki yana da sauƙi, layin daidaitaccen layi, kayan ado, kayan ado da aka ƙera kayan aiki. Yawanci ana yin shi da itacen oak. Babban bambance-bambance na cikin cikakkun bayanai, wanda aka gane musamman ga malamai na Stickley. Tsayawa daga bitar Gustav ta boxy, manufa mai mahimmanci, ayyukan L. da JG suna da karin hanyoyi masu ruwa. Maɓallan da aka kulle maɓallan su ne faceted, ba a ɗauka ba. Girsv na saje masu daidaitacce sun kasance suna amfani da kwallun mota, yayin da 'yan uwansa suka yi amfani da katako.
Amma 'yan' yan uwan 'yan' yan'uwa '' 'sun kasance suna da muhimmanci sosai, kamar yadda Jonathan Fairbanks da Elizabeth Bates suka sanya shi a cikin kayayyakin Amurka: 1620 zuwa yanzu . Wannan ya rabu saboda Gustav - tare da Harvey Ellis, mashaidi wanda ya yi aiki tare da shi - ya zama alama mai zane na gaskiya; Yankin L. & JG suna da ban mamaki, suna bayyana a cikin takardun su a shekara ko biyu bayan Gustav.
Yawancin masana masana da yawa sun ji cewa Gustav guda guda ne mafi muni, mafi ƙarancin saurare a cikin dalla-dalla da daki-daki. Wani lokaci, L & JG kuma sun yi amfani da ƙananan bishiyoyi masu daraja.
Abin mamaki shine, L & JG sukan kalubalanci farashin mafi girma fiye da Gustav, bisa ga kayan gidan kayan fasaha da fasaha ta Amirka . A yau, duk da haka, aikin Gustav Stickley ya yi aiki da yawa fiye da 'yan uwansa - saboda girman su, sunan "mai tsara" mahaliccinsu, da kuma rashin daidaituwa. Kamfanin Gustav yana da shekaru 16, yayin da Leopold da John George suka ci gaba har zuwa shekarun 1970 (duk da cewa sun samar da kayan kayan gargajiyar Arts da Crafts kawai a cikin 1923).
Ƙididdiga: Duba zuwa Labels
A yau, ba tare da takardun shaida ba, hanya mai mahimmanci don gano abin da Stickley ya ƙirƙira wani kayan kayan aiki yana da alamomi da alamomi a jikin su.
- Gustav's decals: Gustave Stickley Company; United Crafts; da (mafi yawan al'ada) Craftsman Workshops, Eastwood, New York. Hotuna sun haɗa da kwakwalwar mai shiga tare da kalmomi "Als Ik Kan" ("idan na iya"), da kuma sa hannu.
- L & JG's decals: Onondaga Shops, L & JG Stickley, Fayetteville, NY; L. & JG Stickley, Handcraft; Ayyukan L & JG Stickley. Hotuna sun hada da hannun mai kungiya.
Amma Jira, Akwai Ƙari
Ayyukan Gustav da L. & JG Stickley sune mahimmanci masu karɓar kayan aiki zasu hadu. Amma wasu takardun Stickley biyu suna fitowa a wani lokacin, suna nuna kamfanoni na wasu 'yan'uwan Stickley biyu: Kamfanin Stickley & Brandt , wanda Charles Stickley ya jagoranci, da kamfanin Stickley Brothers Furniture na Grand Rapids, wanda Albert Stickley ya jagoranci.