Inside the deep drawer, you'll find a high-quality dovetailed drawer box, fixed to the case with your choice of side-mounted full-extension glides, or soft-close undermounted glides, offering a range of different options for accessing your most-important bedtime necessities. Crafted by the skilled hands of Amish woodworkers, the Siesta Nightstand is styled after the timeless Mission look, complete with flat front sides, a flush-mounted drawer in front, and graceful curves that outline the square l-shaped feet - allowing the natural grain patterns in the hardwood to offer all the detail. Mission style furniture is a great fit for Amish furniture makers who value fine craftsmanship, strength, beauty, function and versatility.A stunning complement to any bedside, our Siesta Mission Nightstand offers versatility, functionality, and a lifetime of quality that you can hand down for generations to come. Tapering was popular for Shaker furniture as it contributed to keeping it as light as possible. Shaker will often feature subtle curves and graceful, tapered legs. Mission utilizes vertical slats a good part of the time with straight angles. Shaker furniture offers a somewhat minimalist look with elegant and simple designs. While both furniture styles are built to be used every day and favor simplicity, high function and fine craftsmanship, mission furniture is bulkier and sticks to clean vertical and horizontal lines. Shaker furniture was first on the scene in the early 1800s and got its name from Quakers who had an unusual practice during worship, where they engaged in shaking their hands, arms and heads as they worshiped. Because of these shared characteristics, mission and Shaker are sometimes referred to as one in the same, when in fact they are two different furniture styles. Uses exposed mortise and tenon joints that reinforce strengthīoth mission furniture and Shaker furniture are often described as simple furniture that’s made to be durable and strong and that’s true of both styles. Utilizes vertical slats in many pieces that makes the piece look lighter Popular wood choice is oak wood, often quarter sawn white oak Substantial, sturdy and heavy, but well proportioned Simple design straight line constructionĮmphasizes simple horizontal and vertical lines and flat panels that show off the wood grain Stickley’s publication of the Craftsman featured his work and contributed to the popularity of mission furniture in a big way.Ĭharacteristics of Mission Style Furniture Stickley became the lead advocate for fine furniture that was strong and simple. Instead, the Arts and Crafts Movement valued fine craftsmanship captured in a simple design with high function and beauty to boot. He headed the Arts and Crafts Movement that began in Britain in the late 19 th century and looked to move away from Victorian style furniture that highlighted excess and ornamentation. Gustav Stickley also helped make mission furniture popular in America.
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Joseph McHugh was a furniture maker who copied Forbes design, and by 1901 he was busy promoting a full line of furniture he called “McHugh Mission.” Its simple style would become quite popular. While AJ Forbes designed the mission style chair, he would never benefit financially from it. The chair was a simple design with straight line construction.
His design was inspired by the Spanish missions in California and the Arts and Crafts Movement that favored simplicity, comfort and function over the frilly and ornate. In 1894, a man named AJ Forbes designed a solid wood chair for The Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco. The road to mission furniture converged with the Arts and Crafts Movement, and it involved a bit of intrigue. The History Behind Mission Style Furniture The character of mission furniture combines function, durability and beauty, keeping it a top choice for solid wood furniture. Mission is a simple, attractive, hardworking style that doesn’t have time for frills. It has simple, straight lined construction, and there’s very little extra decoration or ornamentation. What does mission furniture look like? It’s solid and substantial, but well proportioned. Mission style is also known as Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mission Morris or Mission Oak furniture. Mission style furniture keeps it simple with little decoration, highlighting the straight lines and flat panels that accentuate the grain of the wood. Here’s a look at the characteristics that make mission furniture popular and the history of how this furniture style came to be. Mission style furniture has remained popular in the United States since the late 1800s.
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