Table of Contents 21. Circa 1906 20. Wood, oak and unidentified veneer and marquetry. Legs have a complex design of solids and voids in marquetry using abstract geometric designs. Table top is octagonal and has a skirting around the four long sides.
Most surfaces are veneered.
This table, a very fashionable piece, probably furnished his home library in Lake City. All the other pieces in the library matched this one in style and probably were bought as a suite. The Shop of the Crafters, although not nearly as well known today as Gustav Stickley and some other manufacturers of Mission style furniture, was well known at the turn of the century and may deserve more recognition for its original designs than the company has so far received. Bibliography Bowman, Leslie G . Contains information about the Shop of the Crafters, among other high-style furniture manufacturers.