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Making Authentic Shaker Furniture
Over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic Shaker designs: cradle, dry sink, trestle table, lap desk, rocking chair, many more. 262 halftones. 140 black-and-white line illustrations.
Shaker Woodenware
This series of three books explains Shaker design and construction of baskets, boxes, kitchen utensils, farm tools, and many other typical items to enable antique dealers and buyers to spot the real thing. Written by experts in the field, and extensively illustrated with color photographs.
Selling Shaker
The Shakers – a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century – continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. Selling Shaker aims to explore this influence and chart its evolution throughout the course of the twentieth century via the interest shown by the media, art institutions and general public in the Shaker story. Whilst other books have sought to examine the origins of the religious or aesthetic basis of the movement throughout the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, th...
Simple Gifts
In this fascinating book, master craftspeople from the Hancock and Canterbury Shaker Villages share their skills and knowledge about how to use Shaker techniques and designs in such craft areas as basketry, miniatures, handweaving, and herbal products. Illustrated.
Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture
This book documents Shaker furniture from communities in New England, Ohio, and Kentucky throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Free-standing tables, chairs, desks, boxes, and case clocks and built-in cupboards and cases of drawers are included. The text provides a detailed account of Shaker history, culture, and religion. Further, it examines Shaker design and tools, reporting new research on the Shaker color palette.
