Shaker: Life, Work and Art - Hardcover

Sprigg, June; Larkin, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810982145 ISBN 13: 9780810982147

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Synopsis

Briefly traces the history of the Shakers, describes their lifestyle, and looks at Shaker furniture, architecture, boxes, brooms, fabric, clothing, and equipment.

About this title

About the Author:

June Sprigg has been Curator of Collections at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her many publications include By Shaker Hands, The Shaker Legacy, and Shaker Built. David Larkin is a celebrated designer and editor of many successful illustrated books, including The National Air and Space Museum and Fairies. Photographer Michael Freeman's work has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Audubon, Geo and in a number of illustrated books.

From Publishers Weekly:

The Shakers or Believers, a celibate 19th century utopian community, have deeded their tradition of simplicity to American culture, most notably in the functional design of their daily routine. Today, Shaker boxes and furnishings are prized collectibles. In this handsomely designed and lavishly illustrated (200 color photographs) survey of Shaker communities, the full flowering of founder Ann Lee's dissidence from the Anglican Church may be viewed. Once numbering nearly 6,000 members, today fewer than a dozen brethren and sisters remain in two of the original 19 communities; Canterbury, N.H., and Sabbathday Lake, Maine. The even tenor of willingly regulated lives is evoked in the hour-by-hour inventory of a Shaker's day that opens the book. Then follows a simply written history of communal life centered on excellent, simple work and dance worship. Photographs of Shaker handiworkoval boxes, chairs, angel foodcapture this essence. BOMC featured bonus; Better Homes & Gardens Crafts Club selection; Interior Design Book Club bonus selection.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810982145
• ISBN 13: 9780810982147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272