Meanings
plural shopmarks
- A logo indicating the workshop from which a product originated.
Apparently Stickley was very fond of this symbol; he used it in various forms as a shopmark on his furniture and as a signature on drawings throughout his career.
1992, Mary Ann Smith, Gustav Stickley, the Craftsman, page 311 more example
In 1910 they issued a catalog under a new name: "L. & J.G. Stickley Handcraft," with a shopmark in red that could easily be confused with their older brother's red joiner's compass shopmark.
1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 6, page 39
Origin
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