Mission style ............. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary...... Styles of FURNITURE

Mission Morris Chair
Private collection, Amherst, NY

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C. 1900-15.

Easy chair with upholstered cushion on slat back leaning away from seat; angle of back adjusted by moving metal supporting rod held in place by knobs behind arms.

Flat arms broaden from back to front. Arms supported by front and rear posts.

Wide front seat rail. Cabriole leg with lion's paw feet.

Mission was the name given to a type of simple

Turn-of-the-century oak furniture supposedly inspired by furnishings from the Californian missions of Spanish Colonial times, though such originals no longer exist. Mission-style easy chairs - called Morris chairs if adjustable, after the famous chair by the English designer William Morris - are usually simple rectangular designs.

Mass-produced Mission-style chairs, generally with applied decoration or carving, are more available than simple classics.



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Mission Morris chair

Flat arms broaden from back to front. Arms supported by front and rear posts.

Angle of back adjusted by moving metal supporting rod held in place by knobs behind arms

Cabriole leg with lion's paw foot



Photos and their arrangement © 2006 Chuck LaChiusa
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