"tom" wrote in message
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I'm sorry. I thought you were_ looking_ at them, not just figuratively.
They look pretty similar, don't they? Seems to me the Shaker style is a
little more lithe in the leg. More carved tapers, spindles, etc.
Mission: a little more stout, overall, with wider, more squared
components. Of course, less embellishment in the Shaker would be
expected, but how can you get less embellished (well, within reason)
than Mission? The Mission might sport some bevelled through tenons,
dutchmen and such, I guess.

While having a similar discussion with a guy who made a Bombay Chest out of
solid mahogany he cynically summed up Mission as follows: "You can shape
all the pieces with your planner." As Tom points out there are simple curves
and turnings associated with Shaker.

John