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The weave of connections between Charles Rohlfs and Gustav Stickley is one of the most intriguing but least explored aspects of the arts and crafts movement in western New York State. The complex relationship between these designers has been almost completely obscured in the years since the Furniture Journal declared on August 25, 1900: "There are suggestions all through the Stickley line of the things made by Rohlfs. It is stated that Mr. Stickley got his first idea from the Rohlfs furniture, but let it be said to his credit that in adapting it to practical production in a factory such as he commands, he added materially to the merit of the furniture." (1) Despite their ...