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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 8005166, member: 37"]Certainly has an arts and crafts vibe but could be as late as the 50s. There was a bit of an A&C revival then and, as evelyb30 said, school workshops were making such simple designs for decades. </p><p><br /></p><p>Craftsman was a trademark name for Gustave Stickley's designs for architecture and furnishings. It has come to become synonymous with the American arts and crafts designs. Mission is a more generic term for very simple straight lined arts and crafts furniture. Prairie is a term related to an American architectural style. Frank Lloyd Wright was its foremost proponent. There are other prominent prairie school architects with, perhaps, Louis Sullivan being the seminal agent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 8005166, member: 37"]Certainly has an arts and crafts vibe but could be as late as the 50s. There was a bit of an A&C revival then and, as evelyb30 said, school workshops were making such simple designs for decades. Craftsman was a trademark name for Gustave Stickley's designs for architecture and furnishings. It has come to become synonymous with the American arts and crafts designs. Mission is a more generic term for very simple straight lined arts and crafts furniture. Prairie is a term related to an American architectural style. Frank Lloyd Wright was its foremost proponent. There are other prominent prairie school architects with, perhaps, Louis Sullivan being the seminal agent.[/QUOTE]
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