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Mission Style Lighting: Desk Lamps

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Finding The Right Choice Of Lighting For Your Mission Style Desk

Choosing Mission Style lighting for your desk lamp brings a sense of history along with an aesthetic appeal to many styles of home and office decor. This style of desk lamp works best with interior design that is following with the Mission Revival style, American Craftsman (Arts and Crafts), and the Prairie School style of architecture.

You will want to find a desk lamp that is both functional for your needs along with a style that appeals to your own senses and fits in with the general decor of the room.

Your desk lamp in the Mission Style can work with other styles of design, also. If you are like me, you kind of like an eclectic mixture from many eras of design eras as long as they work well together. Mission style lighting is one that I personally feel fits with many design themes.

Image is from Mica Collection Mission-Style Desk Lamp product page.

Mission Style Lamp With Navajo Designs

for your desk

I love the Navajo design worked in the stained glass of the shade of this Mission Style desk lamp.
Meyda Tiffany 66530 Oblong Desk Lamp, Mahogany Bronze Finish with Stained

Meyda Tiffany 66530 Oblong Desk Lamp, Mahogany Bronze Finish with Stained

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A Little History Of Design Styles

American Craftsman BunglaowSince we are looking at desk lamps in the Mission Style, I'll focus on the architectural styles that spawned this particular style of lighting fixtures.

The Mission Revival Style is a type of architecture that was inspired from the early Spanish Missions of California and was quite popular from 1890 through 1915.

Prairie School architecture was created from the design aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century in England.

American Craftsman architecture began in the late 19th century and was popular through the 1930s giving us wonderful bungalows and other styles of housing. The decorative arts of this design are still very popular today.

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A Warm Glow From The Mica Shade

of this Mission Style Desk Lamp

Mica Collection Mission-Style Desk Lamp

Mica Collection Mission-Style Desk Lamp

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Quoizel Mission Style Lamp With Tiffany Shade

Quoizel Tiffany LampQuoizel gives us a handsome lamp that was inspired by the Arts and Crafts era and fits nicely into the Mission Style lighting. There are strong geometric lines and shapes found throughout the base and the 3 dimensional glass shade. The shade is handcrafted from only the finest materials featuring genuine art glass in warm earth tones. The lamp stands 23 inches tall and takes one 60-watt A15 medium base light bulb.

Quoizel Tiffany Lamp sells for less than $280.00.

Mission Style Lamps Often Use Mica For The Shade -

Mica is a mineral that can be pressed into sheets and has a high tolerance for changing temperatures making it a perfect choice for a lamp shade.

Desk Lamp With Mission Styling And Art Glass Shade

Dale Tiffany 8840/739 Mission Arrows Table Lamp, Dark Antique Bronze and Art Glass Shade

Dale Tiffany 8840/739 Mission Arrows Table Lamp, Dark Antique Bronze and Art Glass Shade

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Mission Style Lighting: Desk Lamps

A nice variety of Mission Style Lighting to use as desk lamps can be found at the popular auction site eBay any day of the week.
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Thank you for stopping by my desk today to view some Mission Style Lighting to be used as desk lamps. I hope you enjoyed your visit. Please do let me know you were here by leaving a comment below.

  • Heatherseesthelight Aug 10, 2011 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    These lamps are just gorgeous! There's something so romantic about Mission style design. As someone who works in the lighting industry, I have to say I am absolutely in love with Craftsman and Tiffany style shades. Thanks for the great lens and the lovely photos, BevsPaper. Keep up the good work!
  • RocklawnArts Jul 7, 2011 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    Great lamps!
  • omribs Jul 2, 2011 @ 1:51 am | delete
    The lamp will went great with mission style furniture
  • prosperity66 Feb 28, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Those desk lamps are the kinf of lamps I really like! Didn't know you knew me as much as that!
  • WildFacesGallery Feb 28, 2011 @ 8:31 am | delete
    A really beautiful assortment of lamps. We have a major glass company who makes beautiful Tiffany style lamps. Truly gorgeous. I love it when serviceable objects can also be art.
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Mission Style Lighting: Desk Lamps written on February 27, 2011 by BevsPaper (Bev Owens).

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