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Roycroft name stood for quality
From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: 20020203
Author:RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL
Antiques
Roycroft name stood for quality
By RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL
Cowles Syndicate
Sunday, February 3, 2002
After making a fortune selling soap, Elbert Hubbard decided that money was not the most important part of his life.
He founded a community with workshops that made furniture, leather goods, metal ware, baskets, rugs and wood carvings. Hubbard and his Roycroft community in East Aurora, N.Y., were influenced by the thoughts of William Morris of England. Their motto was "Not how cheap, but how good."
Roycroft Mission-style furniture, first made in 1901, is popular with collectors today. ...
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