Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Burks, Jean M., 1949- Shaker design. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008 (OCoLC)609075002 |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean M Burks |
| ISBN: | 9780300137286 0300137281 |
| OCLC Number: | 184906245 |
| Description: | xxx, 245 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Jean M. Burks. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the American Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most enduring, and successful utopian society established in America. This book presents an array of fine examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the 'world's people'.
Read more...
Reviews
Editorial reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"A substantial volume. . . . It is illustrated with a profusion of prime examples demonstrating the wide range of fascinating objects by this extraordinary sect." -- Linda Rosenkrantz "Metropolitan News-Enterprise" (06/12/2008) Read more...
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Shaker design : out of this world".
Be the first.
