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Cincinnati was an important center of the American Arts
and Crafts Movement. Reproduced here is the entire 1906
catalog of the Oscar Onken Company showing sophisticated
furniture in the mission style, some pieces featuring
inlay.
Shop of the Crafters furniture was promoted vigorously
and consequently was widely distributed throughout the
United States. A central European influence can be detected
in some of the pieces, particularly when viewed in the
context of the catalog's illustrated Viennese room settings
of the period. This book shows a rich variety of designs
as an alternative to the pure rectilinear forms often
seen in other Arts and Crafts mission furniture. Kenneth
Trapp, formerly with the Cincinnati Art Museum, has written
an Introduction discussing the company and its history
in Cincinnati.
72 pages
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