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Mission Style Furniture — Mission furniture is a style of furniture that originated in the late 19th Century. It traces its origins to a chair made by A.J. Forbes around 1894 for San Francisco s Swedenborgian Church. The term mission furniture was first popularized by… … Wikipedia
Mission style — or Spanish Mission style Style of the missions established by Spanish Franciscans in Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and especially California (1769–1823). Their portals were often handsomely ornate, but the overall impression is one of… … Universalium
Mission Style — is a generic term used to refer to various design styles: Architecture Mission Revival Style architecture Architecture of the California Missions Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture The architecture of the Prairie School, including Frank… … Wikipedia
Mission — may refer to: Mission (grape), variety of grape Mission (station), base of missionary practice Mission statement, a formal short written statement of an organization s value proposition Mission Style Furniture, a style of furniture that… … Wikipedia
Mission Indians (of California) — • A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and languages, evangelized by the Franciscans in the latter part of… … Catholic encyclopedia
Mission Inn — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark … Wikipedia
mission — (n.) 1590s, a sending abroad, originally of Jesuits, from L. missionem (nom. missio) act of sending, a despatching; a release, a setting at liberty; discharge from service, dismissal, noun of action from pp. stem of mittere to send, oldest form… … Etymology dictionary
Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) — Mission House U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark … Wikipedia
Mission Institution — is a medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada and is located in Mission, British Columbia. As of March 2007, it currently houses 259 inmates. Mission Institution is broken up into 5 living units, with an… … Wikipedia
Mission style — may refer to the following: Mission Style Furniture Mission Revival Style architecture American Craftsman, an architectural and design movement Mission School, an art movement of the late 20th century This disambiguation page lists articles… … Wikipedia
