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 ...
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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. Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture Exhibition Schedule: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (March 13 - June 15, 2008)
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New in New jacket. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; Another fine contribution to the series, Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf-nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Several score lovely photographs in full color. Contributions by the author, Jean Burks, and by Robert P. Emlen, Jean M. Humez, M. Stephen Miller, Sumpter Priddy, Kory Rogers, and Gerard C. Wertkin. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 245 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; Another fine contribution to the series, Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Several score lovely photographs in full color. Contributions by the author, Jean Burks, and by Robert P. Emlen, Jean M. Humez, M. Stephen Miller, Sumpter Priddy, Kory Rogers, and Gerard C. Wertkin. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 245 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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VG. Red cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color illus. endpapers; . Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Material Culture; An in-depth study of Shaker design, particularly in relation to their spiritual beliefs and dealings with the rest of the world; Includes furniture, household goods, textiles, and more; Wonderfully illustrated; Extensive annotations.
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Very good in Very good jacket. Jacket is very clean with a minimal amount of spots and fading. Exlibris copy with bookplate on front end paper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked.
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