Catalog of Fancy Goods Made at Shaker Village, Alfred, York County, Maine
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 10
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Published: 1908
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Published: 1908
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lizzie M. Noyes
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 19
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 19
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Bowe
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 1846310083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe simple yet striking lines of Shaker design grace much of the furniture we see in high-end department stores, and beautiful examples of it adorn the pages of Architectural Digest and House Beautiful. How did this style evolve from its origins in a humble, small religious community to the international design phenomenon it is today? This illustrated study explores the emergence of the Shaker style and how it was vigorously promoted by scholars and artists into the prominence it now enjoys. The heart of the Shaker style lies in the religious movement founded in the eighteenth century, where Stephen Bowe and Peter Richmond begin their chronicle. From there, the authors chart the evolution of the style into the twentieth century—particularly in the hands of design media, scholars, and art institutions. These Shaker “agents” repositioned Shaker style continuously—from local vernacular to high culture and then popular culture. Drawing on a rich array of sources, including museum catalogs, contemporary design magazines, and scholarly writings, Selling Shaker illustrates in detail how the Shaker style entered the general design consciousness and how the original aesthetic was gradually diluted into a generic style for a mass audience. A wholly original and fascinating study of American design and consumption, Selling Shaker is a unique resource for collectors, scholars, and anyone interested in the cultural history of a design aesthetic.
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Published: 1971-01-01
Total Pages: 10
ISBN-13: 9780915836055
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Published: 1933
Total Pages: 14
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Catherine S. Goldring
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-11-15
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1684750245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their own—Fancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women. Thanks to their work ethic, business savvy, and creativity, the tireless Shaker Sisters turned a seemingly modest trade into the economic engine that sustained their communal way of life, just as the men were abandoning the sect for worldly employment. Relying on journals and church family records that give voice to the plainspoken accounts of the sisters themselves, the book traces the work they did to establish their principal revenue streams, from designing the products, to producing them by hand (and later by machine, when they could do so without compromising quality) to bringing their handcrafts to market. Photographs, painstakingly gathered over years of research from museums and private collections, present the best examples of these fancy goods. Fancy goods include the most modest and domestic of items, like the pen wipes that the Sisters shaped into objects such as dolls, mittens, and flowers; or the emeries, pincushions, and needle books lovingly made back in an era when more than a minimal competency in sewing was expected in women; to more substantial purchases like the Dorothy cloaks that were in demand among fashionable women of the world; or the heavy rib-knitted sweaters, cardigans, and pullovers that became popular items among college boys and adventurous women.
Author: Prudence Asenath Stickney
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Published: 193?
Total Pages: 2
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFront side of sheet has an introduction to goods made and sold by the Shakers, and a description of the Shaker cloak; back side has list of goods for sale, with prices.
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Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 312
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