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Author: June Sprigg
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the Shaker's origins, beliefs, work, and daily life. Over 200 color photographs illustrate their architecture and furniture.
Author: Scott T. Swank
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this pioneering study, historian Scott T. Swank reveals the links between the daily life of the Shakers and their art and architecture. 250 illustrations, 150 in color.
Author: Paul Rocheleau
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe team that introduced Shaker life, work, and design to America and the world, in such successful books as Shaker and Shaker Design, here presents the ultimate visual work on the unique melding of form and function that created the Shaker look. 200 color illustrations.
Author: June Sprigg
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Shaker movement in America began in 1774 when Mother Ann Lee emigrated from Manchester, England, with a small group of followers, and settled in New York State. Despite impoverished beginnings, the Shakers flourished in the early nineteenth century, and by 1840 there were four to six thousand members living in eighteen principle communities from Maine to Kentucky. Turning away from society, they lived in large families that were both celibate and communal. In striving for heaven on earth, they created a visual environment of such harmony and quiet power that it continues to impress observers today, when the Shakers have all but passed from the American scene. The many works presented in this beautiful volume reveal the Shaker commitment to excellence in all matters. The chairs, cases of drawers, work stands, baskets, oval boxes, wheelbarrows, stoves, looms, and even tailoring tools have a purity of form that transcends mere utility and elevates our appreciation beyond a sense of function."--Amazon.
Author: Christian Becksvoort
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Published: 2018-11-07
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ISBN-13: 9781732210035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry Plummer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0253353629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShaker buildings have long been admired for their simplicity of design and sturdy craftsmanship, with form always following function. Over the years, their distinctive physical characteristics have invited as much study as imitation. Their clean, unadorned lines have been said to reflect core Shaker beliefs such as honesty, integrity, purity, and perfection. In this book, Henry Plummer focuses on the use of natural light in Shaker architecture, noting that Shaker builders manipulated light not only for practical reasons of illumination but also to sculpt a deliberately spiritual, visual presence within their space. Stillness and Light celebrates this subtly beautiful aspect of Shaker innovation and construction, captured in more than 100 stunning photographs.
Author: 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.
Author: Timothy D. Rieman
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764320019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book surveys furniture made during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 color photos. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are included. The text introduces nearly twenty Shaker communities, known cabinetmakers, identifiable furniture traits, and designs unique to specific Shaker communites.
Author: John Kassay
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780870232756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
Author: Amy Stechler
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780517033098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighly pictorial presentation of "the history and vision of the United Society of Believers in Christ's second appearing from 1774 to the present."
