Go back and watch the opening scenes of The Patriot with Mel Gibson....he's trying out his newly finished high backed rocking chair when it fails in an epic manner. It gets funnier when they show him getting mad and throwing it on a huge pile of similarly failed rockers!
Oh, not that YOU are going to fail!
I mean, you are a
bowyer! If it doesn't work quite right, you can always pike it down to a footstool.
Check a company called Van Dyke's Restorers, they used to sell plans and kits for Mission style furniture. And of course, whatever you build, be sure to post pics of it here! It ain't bow porn, but at least it's wood! Good luck!