American Rustic Mission Style Oak Table Lamp, circa 1920, USA (LA0093)

American Rustic Mission oak table lamp Classic Arts & Crafts oak table lamp. The lamp has a four sided shade with caramel slag glass insert and a footed base. All original finish with a rich patina. Lamp is in very good original condition with good wiring circa 1920, USA Good vintage condition Mission style is a design that emphasizes simple horizontal and vertical lines and flat panels that accentuate the grain of the wood (often oak, especially quartersawn white oak). This movement became popular as people began looking for relief after the excesses of Victorian times and the influx of mass-produced furniture from the Industrial Revolution. The furniture maker Gustav Stickley produced Arts and Crafts furniture often referred to as being in the Mission Style, though Stickley dismissed the term as misleading. This was plain oak furniture that was upright, solid, and suggestive of entirely handcrafted work.

DIMENSIONS

H 22 in. x W 12 in. x D 12 in.

H 55.88 cm x W 30.48 cm x D 30.48 cm