HISTORY
The 1920’s saw American craftsmen incorporating designs of the French “Art Nouveau” and traditional Japanese styles into distinctly one-of-a-kind furniture. The tension between inventing new styles and accommodating the American taste for practicality resulted in one of the great successes in American furniture: the Spanish Mission Style.
The Craftsman Mission Table features the distinct Mission style
Spanish Missions, established on the West Coast by Franciscan missionaries, possessed a distinct style: a mixture of straight angles and arches, plain stucco-walls and red-tiled roofs. The simple, practical beauty of these Missions translated into unique furniture pieces that found massive appeal with people from all walks of life.
Gustav Stickley became the first to mass-produce Mission style furniture and the success was immediate. Stickley expanded the Mission furniture line, eventually creating a line of wicker furniture that met with great popularity.
We are so happy with our coffee table! We recently purchased a Royal Mission Coffee Table with Lift Top after receiving wood samples to get just the finish we wanted. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of furniture I have seen. The finish is flawless, the color is beautiful. It feels like silk to the touch. The lift top serves our purposes perfectly. We were so impressed at how well it was packaged for shipment. We own three pieces of Stickley furniture and this coffee table is easily on a par with those. The lines are lovely and I love the inlaid pieces on the top. I was uncomfortable about ordering this piece sight unseen, but I need worry no more. IT’S GREAT!!! Our thanks to Jason for his help in ordering – no pressure, just good information. I am telling my friends about you.