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Mission Style (Spanish Colonial Revival style)

Scope note

Use for a subtype of the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture style, characterized by simplicity of form and ornamentation. Use "Mission" for the late 19th-century, early 20th-century American decorative arts style, applied principally to furniture. IAA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000111002

Broader Terms used

Spanish Colonial Revival

Created

12yrs ago

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