Gustav Stickley of Syracuse, N.Y., was the foremost American proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement and a major Mission oak handcrafter. Mission oak furniture is a severely plain and rectilinear ...

It tends to be heavy, not frilly. It's simple, not fancy. It has rows of vertical or horizontal slats, not curves and scrolls. Mission-style furniture, which dotted the country in bungalows and ...