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An exploration of 200 years of Shaker design and spirituality, with new attention to Shaker influence on contemporary design
Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most extensive, enduring, and successful utopian society ever established in America. Leaving Manchester, England, in 1776 to avoid persecution, the Shakers crossed the Atlantic and during the next 50 years established 19 villages from Maine to Kentucky.
The Shakers were guided by the principles of utility, honesty, and order in both their work and worship, and this belief system influenced the physical expression of the goods they produced for use at home and for sale outside their communities. This lovely book presents a wide array of extraordinarily fine examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the “world’s people” (non-Shakers). The book’s expert contributors discuss Shaker design in relation to the furniture they constructed, the products they sold, their gift drawings and spirituality, and their rejection of American Fancy design. The book also considers the powerful inspiration Shaker design has provided for diverse modern and contemporary designers, including George Nakashima, Roy McMakin, Thomas Moser, and Scandinavian furniture makers.
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Jean Burks is senior curator, Shelburne Museum. She is the author of three definitive books on Shaker furniture, including most recently The Shaker Furniture Handbook.
"A substantial volume. . . . It is illustrated with a profusion of prime examples demonstrating the wide range of fascinating objects by this extraordinary sect."―Linda Rosenkrantz, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Linda Rosenkrantz Metropolitan News-Enterprise 2008-06-12)
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- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0300137281
- ISBN 13 9780300137286
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- Number of pages320
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