Dust jacket notes: "The deep religious faith and extraordinary spiritual dedication of the Shaker sect is probably nowhere more strongly reflected than in the nearly faultless workmanship of their furniture and other artifacts. Always striving for functional perfection, and shunning ornamental effect, the Shaker craftsmen wrought household furnishing which are striking in their quiet refinement and unique beauty. Religion in Wood presents eighty-one magnificent photographs of Shaker furniture from Shaker settlements in various states. Subtle variations in furniture design are discernible from region to region, but all examples retain the simplicity and charm so characteristic of the Shaker craft. Included are pieces from New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York; Enfield and Canterbury, New Hampshire; Harvard, Hancock, and Tyringham, Massachusetts; Union Village, Ohio; and Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Two articles by Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and one by Alan Gowans present fascinating discussions of Shaker origins, their communal villages, their deep religious faith, and the consecration of their personal lives, which is so apparent in their workmanship."

Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Edward Deming Andrews

Faith Andrews

Alan Gowans

Antiques & Collectibles

Indiana Univ. Press

Book by Andrews, Edward Deming, Andrews, Faith

Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture (Midland Bks Series: No. 286)

Indiana University Press

"Intensely interesting . . . a major contribution." — Antiques Magazine. Forty-eight sharp photos show side chairs, long benches, rocking chairs, chests, cupboards, and much more. Exact measurements are given for each piece to aid in identification, reconstruction, and restoration. Also includes a highly readable commentary on sect's cultural background.

Shaker Furniture

Dover Publications

For 35 years, the author of this book has been a devoted student of the history, beliefs, and ways of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. Out of his extensive research into manuscripts and primary sources and his conversations with friends in present-day Shaker communities has come a warm, illuminating history, the most thorough ever written on these pious, humble people and the distinct impression they made on American life. The book opens with an introductory assessment of the Shaker contribution to the history of American social experimentation, as seen from the modern point of view. There follows the often amazing story of Ann Lee and the origins of the movement in eighteenth-century England, its emigration to New England, the early Shaker experiments in communism, and the expansion to the American West. The author then pauses to examine in detail the ideology behind the Shaker dedication to physical labor; Shaker industry and design, including a discussion of the spare, utilitarian folk art so popular today; the highly formalized mode of worship, with its lively songs and dances and its often violent emotionalism; strange manifestations during the revival periods of the 1830s and 40s; the rigid internal organization of the Shaker community and its original economic and sociological theories; Shaker relations with the outside world; and the decline of the sect after the Civil War. This edition is the first to include the author’s valuable notes, as well as the original appendixes containing the complete text of the Millennial Laws, a statistical breakdown of all the Shaker communities, and a bibliography. This material is especially useful to students of American social and religious movements, but the author’s reliance upon original manuscript material and contemporary illustrations lend this book an exciting immediacy that makes it a pleasure for all readers interested in fascinating people and unique ways of life. “An excellent history of one of the most interesting of American religious cults.” — Nation. “Satisfies the exacting standards of historical scholarship and promises at the same time to enlighten and hold the interest of the general reader.” — Saturday Review. “A substantial contribution to American history.” — The New York Times.

The People Called Shakers

Religion & Spirituality

Work and Worship: the Economic Order of the Shakers Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews

Work and Worship: the Economic Order of the Shakers

NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY

For 35 years, the author of this book has been a devoted student of the history, beliefs, and ways of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. Out of his extensive research into manuscripts and primary sources and his conversations with friends in present-day Shaker communities has come a warm, illuminating history, the most thorough ever written on these pious, humble people and the distinct impression they made on American life.The book opens with an introductory assessment of the Shaker contribution to the history of American social experimentation, as seen from the modern point of view. There follows the often amazing story of Ann Lee and the origins of the movement in eighteenth-century England, its emigration to New England, the early Shaker experiments in communism, and the expansion to the American West. The author then pauses to examine in detail the ideology behind the Shaker dedication to physical labor; Shaker industry and design, including a discussion of the spare, utilitarian folk art so popular today; the highly formalized mode of worship, with its lively songs and dances and its often violent emotionalism; strange manifestations during the revival periods of the 1830s and 40s; the rigid internal organization of the Shaker community and its original economic and sociological theories; Shaker relations with the outside world; and the decline of the sect after the Civil War.This edition is the first to include the author’s valuable notes, as well as the original appendixes containing the complete text of the Millennial Laws, a statistical breakdown of all the Shaker communities, and a bibliography. This material is especially useful to students of American social and religious movements, but the author’s reliance upon original manuscript material and contemporary illustrations lend this book an exciting immediacy that makes it a pleasure for all readers interested in fascinating people and unique ways of life.“An excellent history of one of the most interesting of American religious cults.” — Nation.“Satisfies the exacting standards of historical scholarship and promises at the same time to enlighten and hold the interest of the general reader.” — Saturday Review.“A substantial contribution to American history.” — The New York Times.

People Called Shakers

Arts & Photography

Music

Peter Smith Pub Inc

Book by Edward Deming Andrews, Faith Andrews

Fruits of the Shaker tree of life: Memoirs of fifty years of collecting and research

Berkshire Traveller Press

Stockbridge MA: The Berkshire Traveller Press, 1975 Large-format softcover, green card-stock covers. Illustrated with B/W frontispiece plus 81 Photographs and Reproductions. Excellent overview and resource on the Shaker way of life, their craftsmanship and furniture-making traditions, by Edward and Faith Andrews, authors of 7 books and over 50 articles, essays and pamphlets, covering all aspects of the Shaker culture..

Fruits of the Shaker Tree of Life: Memoirs of Fifty Years of Collecting and Research

Berkshire Traveller Pr

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