1904 Gustav Stickley #802 Server (Reproduction) If you are a fan of Harvey Ellis designed Gustav Stickley furniture, check this one out. Dimensions are 36" high x 42" wide x 18" deep. This table was originally marketed as a small 2 drawer sideboard server for the dining area of a modest bungalow.  Its size also makes it perfect for an entry or hall table with a mirror as shown below. As stated above, this is not an original Gustav piece, but I have done my best to complete this piece in the Craftsman tradition.  It has been faithfully reproduced following pictures and measured drawings of the original #802, and matched to the finish of original Stickley pieces I've examined. Please allow time for the detailed pictures to load, and you'll see the cohesive quartersawn white oak ray flecks throughout and the detail to traditional craftsmanship that make this server a family heirloom.

The solid white oak top is carefully book-matched with symmetrical ray flakes radiating from the center.

As you can see, the drawer fronts and the arched front apron are all cut from the same nicely-figured piece of quarter-sawn white oak.

I make all my dowels for the pegged tenons the old fashioned way... by pounding oversized square stock through a steel dowel plate.  This assures that the dowels fit perfectly with no surrounding gaps.

All four sides of each leg have quarter sawn figure.  The outsides of the legs have a double taper (in toward the top and in toward the bottom from a point about 16 inches from the top).  This requires that the outsides of the legs be veneered after the tapers are cut.  To assure color and grain matching, all lumber for this piece came from the same tree including this shop-cut veneer and the hand made pegs.  The exceptions to this, as you'll see below, are the padouk drawer slides, the figured black walnut drawer sides, the curly bigleaf maple drawer backs, and the baltic birch drawer bottoms.

Care was taken throughout this project to match the style and orientation of the medullary ray flecks so the figure is not only exceptional, but cohesive.  This is possible with furniture like this that is hand made one at a time, and this level of attention to detail was not practical in the factory setting that produced Stickley originals.

The drawer pulls are heavy cast copper Stickley reproductions.

Drawers are lined with soft elk hide.

Drawers are hand dovetailed.

Drawer backs are curly bigleaf maple.

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