单词 | mission oak |
释义 | > as lemmasmission oak C4. attributive. North American. Frequently with capital initial. Resembling the plain style of the Spanish missions in the south-western United States. Frequently in mission furniture, mission oak, mission style. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > types of furniture generally wainscot1589 oak1829 casework1855 Chippendalism1880 Queen Anne1883 Colonial Revival1889 mission furniture1900 Bombay furniture1910 Chinese Chippendale1922 Danish modern1948 patio furniture1969 Populuxe1986 1893 Overland Monthly May 461/1 The Agricultural and Horticultural Building, designed by Samuel Newsom in the old California Spanish Mission style.] 1900 Harper's Bazar 28 Apr. 388/1 An artistic small shop filled to overflowing with what the salesman called Mission furniture. 1906 Out West Feb. 95 In the south these are handsome buildings of Mission design, in harmony with the character and traditions of the country. 1909 P. A. Wells & J. Hooper Mod. Cabinet Work 257 In America there has been a similar movement, known as ‘The Mission Style’, which is more or less a revival of Gothic and Jacobean forms applied to modern work. 1913 H. A. Franck Zone Policeman 88 30 I sat a short hour in one of the black ‘mission’ rocking chairs on the screened veranda puzzling over a serious problem. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xiii. 168 It had red and green bracket lights, mission-style tables, and music played by a sparrow-like pianist. 1927 U. Sinclair Oil! 223 Inside was furniture of a style called ‘mission oak’. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 122 I've got several magnificent mission style bungalows. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) xii. 484 The Mission style, which in essentials is nothing but Spanish Moorish architecture. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 9 Apr. (Show Guide) 15/1 The turn-of-the-century Mission furniture,..coming into popularity with the recent art nouveau revival. 1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. f1/8 (advt.) Big mission oak library table. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 3 Oct. 19 c/9 (advt.) Double red brick construction w/mission tile roof. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 62/1 In the Southwest the mission style (characterized by semicircular arches, low-pitched tiled roofs, and stucco surfaces) and the pueblo style..evolved. 1991 Canad. House & Home Dec. 46 Excellent reproduction Mission oak furniture based on designs by Gustav Stickley. 1992 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. v. 13/4 The 1919 Federal building, a graceful open-air affair of loggias and porticoes that combines Neo-Classical and Spanish mission characteristics. 1995 Midwest Living Apr. 122 His Mission furniture was straight-lined, all its construction details apparent. < as lemmas |
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