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2. Mission style furniture - Wikipedia

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   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 Joseph P. McHugh of New York , a furniture manufacturer and retailer who copied these chairs and ...

3. Banker's lamp - Wikipedia

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   An example of a banker's lamp. The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade, and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name. Banker's lamps have become iconic, often used in libraries and offices in films and TV ...

4. Mission Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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   The Mission Inn in Southern California is one of the largest extant Mission Revival Style buildings in the United States. Located in Riverside, it has been restored, with tours of the style's expression. [4] Other structures designed in the Mission Revival Style include: Castañeda Hotel, a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico, opened January ...

5. List of This Old House episodes (seasons 11–20) - Wikipedia

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   The next day, Lauren shows off the new Arts-and-Crafts style lighting fixture hanging in the arcade, and we take a tour of the Shingle-style house where the craftsman who made it works and lives. Back in the arcade, historic interiors expert Susan Hollis and carpet merchant John Burroughs unroll a period carpet that provides the final touch to ...

6. East Room - Wikipedia

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   [42] [38] Each chandelier, which featured 18 whale oil lamps, hung from the ceiling medallions and were complemented with whale oil wall sconces and table lamps. [34] [f] There were also 20 spittoons. [35] His expenditures totaled $9,358.27, [36] provided by a friendly Congress eager to make the White House a more elegant symbol of the nation ...

7. Tiffany lamp - Wikipedia

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   A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp made of glass and shade designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany or artisans, mostly women, and made (in originals) in his design studio. The glass in the lampshades is put together with the copper-foil technique instead of leaded, the classic technique for stained-glass windows.