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Jean M. Burks, editorPublication Details
BookPublished for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York and the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont by Yale University Press2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NK807 .B84 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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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. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- The Shaker world. Shaker villages and the landscape of "gospel order" / robert P. Emlen
- Faith, form, and finish: Shaker furniture in context / Jean M. Burks
- Designed for sale: Shaker commerce with the world / M. Stephen Miller. The spiritual world. The problem of female leadership in early Shakerism / Jean M. Humez
- "Given by inspiration": visionary expressions in Shaker life and art (1837 to 1859) / Gerard C. Wertkin. The fancy world. Plain Shakers, fancy world / Sumpter Priddy. The contemporary world. In the spirit? Twentieth-century and contemporary Shaker-inspired design / Kory Rogers
ISBN
- 9780300137286
- 0300137281
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