In 1988, Barbara Streisand paid $363,000 dollars at auction for a sideboard by Gustav Stickley, establishing mission furniture as a rival of early American furniture. Since then dealers and collectors have scrambled to learn how to identify makers and evaluate prices. This extensive book presents the histories of the major mission furniture companies including Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft, Young, Harden, Leavens, and others. With more than 300 color photographs, Mission Furniture provides identification clues, glossary of terms, and values. It also documents the never-before published furniture designs of the William Leavans Company. This is an excellent reference source that is a must for dealers, collectors, interior designers, and anyone interested in the American Arts and Crafts Movement.

Reprint of actual home furnishings catalog from the height of the popularity of Mission design, illustrating and describing 400 items, many designed to be shipped knocked-down for reassembly at home.

Starting with the basics -- selecting the correct wood and tools, outlining the skills needed -- Wagner provides plans for 10 authentic replicas of furniture originally designed by Gustav Stickley, the man behind the Mission movement. He makes it simple to create endlessly satisfying period pieces such as a Morris chair, bookcase, couch, and coffee table.

Craftsman, Art & Crafts, Mission--27 examples of the oak furniture designed by Gustave Stickley and his associates early in the 20th century. These drawings have been checked against original Stickley catalogs and antiques. Each project includes a perspective view along with elevations, sections, details, measurements and a cutting list.

An illustrated monthly magazine in the interest of better art, better work and a better more reasonable way of living.