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Shaker : Life, Work, and Art

Arts & Photography

Sprigg, June

Larkin, David

History & Criticism

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

In Simple Gifts, June Sprigg tells the story of one of America's last Shaker communities--Canterbury Shaker Village, in Canterbury, New Hampshire--during its twilight years, and of its seven remarkable "survivor" women, who were among the last representatives of our longest-lived and best-known communal utopian society. As a college student Sprigg spent a summer among them, and here she gracefully interweaves the narrative of their lives with the broader history of Shakers in America as she shows us how her experiences there affected her own life and opened the door to her creativity. Gleaning information from old records and journals that she pored over that summer and later, Sprigg brings to life the generations of Canterbury Shakers from the eighteenth century to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. She also explores the social and cultural forces and the internal imperatives and tensions that caused membership to decrease, all of which, by 1972, brought the community to crisis. Chronicling the daily life of the village as she found it, Sprigg uncovers the affirming energies of the Shakers--the prominence of mutual love and respect, the devoted tradition of mothering surrogate children, and, above all, the surviving women's spirited eccentricities. She reveals the Shakers as individuals--their personal histories, their wildly different beginnings, what they gave up to join the Shaker community, and, more important, what they gained. Through her lively text and drawings and her intimate connection with the community, Sprigg brings us close to its people with a book that both enlightens and inspires.

Simple Gifts: Lessons in Living from a Shaker Village

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Vintage

The Shakers created a visual environment of harmony and quiet power that continues to impress observers today. The many works presented in this beautiful volume reveal their commitment to excellence.

SHAKER DESIGN by June Sprigg (1986-05-03)

Literature & Fiction

Whitney Mus. of Amer. Art

"A spellbinding book, depicting the remarkable work of some remarkable men and women. . . . This is a book to cherish." ―Woodworking Crafts 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. This volume draws objects from forty collections, including extant Shaker villages, the work of some thirty known individuals, and as many artists who remain anonymous.

Shaker Design

W.W.Norton&Company

Domestick beings

An illustrated collection of experiences from the everyday lives of eighteenth-century American women selected from the diaries of an invalid, spinster, schoolgirl, farmer's wife, farmer's daughter, a midwife, and a president's wife

Domestick Beings

History

KNOPF

By Shaker Hands

By Shaker hands

Decorative Arts & Design

Alfred.A. Knopf

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Simple Gifts : A Memoir of a Shaker Village

Americas

Although only a handful of the Brothers and Sisters of America's unique Shaker community are left, the Shaker legacy lives on in the architecture, furniture, crafts, and inventions they created. Shakers were famous for their unusual way of life, for the excellence and simplicity of their work, and for the dance worship from which they drew their name. A comprehensive and insightful text discusses the origins and beliefs, the work and daily life of these remarkable people, and more than 200 full-color photographs taken especially for this book by Michael Freeman richly illustrate their environment and creativity. More than a book of architecture and design, Shaker: Life, Work and Art is a celebration of this fascinating American society and a tribute to their pursuit of perfection.

Shaker: Life, Work, and Art

Smithmark Pub.

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