Furniture Mission is a style of furniture dating from the late 19th century. It traces its origins to the seat made by A.J. Forbes circa 1894 for the Swedborgian Church of San Francisco. The first mission furniture was popularized by Joseph P. McHugh of New York, a furniture and retailer who copied these chairs and offered a line of stylish furniture in 1898. The word mission refers to the Spanish mission throughout the colonial California, although the design of the Mission Style furniture mostly owes a bit to the original furnishings of this mission. The style became increasingly popular after the 1901 Pan-America Exposition in Buffalo. The style was popularly associated with the American Art and Craft movement.
Video Mission style furniture
Design philosophy
The mission style is a design that emphasizes simple horizontal and vertical lines and flat panels that feature wooden grains (often oak, especially oak garter). People seek help after the excesses of Victorian times and the entry of mass production furniture from the Industrial Revolution. Furniture maker Gustav Stickley produces furniture Arts and Crafts are often referred to as in Style Missions, although Stickley dismisses the term as misleading. It is an upright, solid, and suggestive plain oak furniture of fully handmade work, though in the case of Stickley and its competitors, built in a factory with mechanical and handworking techniques.
Maps Mission style furniture
Influential people and companies
Many designers and companies have played an important role in design development over the years. Gustav Stickley, L. & amp; J G. Stickley, Stickley Brothers, Charles Limbert, Grand Rapids Bookcase and Chair Company (The Lifetime), The Shop of the Crafters and Ford Johnson.
See also
- Craftsman Furniture
- Mission Awakening Architecture
References
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