Shaker Design: Out of This World - Couverture rigide

Burks, Jean

 
9780300137286: Shaker Design: Out of This World
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300137281 ISBN 13 : 9780300137286
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the American Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most extensive, enduring, and successful utopian society ever established in America. Leaving Manchester in 1776 to avoid persecution, the Shakers crossed the Atlantic and during the next 50 years established nineteen 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 'worlds people' (non-Shakers). The books 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. Exhibition schedule: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (March 13 June 15, 2008). Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture and the Shelburne Museum.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jean Burks is senior curator, Shelburne Museum. She is the author of three definitive books on Shaker furniture, including most recently The Shaker Furniture Handbook.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300137281
ISBN 13 
9780300137286
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
320
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