On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:39:07 GMT, "Stoutman" .@. wrote:

What are the main differences between these styles of furniture?

Chalk and cheese. The purposes are different, the philosophies are
different, and there's a century between the manufacturing techniques.

Google knows the rest, as do books by Christian Becksvoort (Shaker) and
Stickley himself or Bavaro & Mossman (Craftsman) or a few others for
general Mission. best of all is Mayer & Gray's "In the Arts & Crafts
Style", but that's hard to find.

Avoid books by Norm or Thomas Moser.