The Shaker Furniture Handbook
Published on 23. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7643-2001-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the perfect introduction to Shaker furniture design.This concise book surveys distinctive furniture styles produced during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 beautiful full color images. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are shown.
The text provides an introduction to nearly twenty Shaker communities, their known cabinetmakers, identifiable traits of furniture designs unique to specific Shaker communites, and the characteristic colorful paints and stains used to finish them.
The text provides an introduction to nearly twenty Shaker communities, their known cabinetmakers, identifiable traits of furniture designs unique to specific Shaker communites, and the characteristic colorful paints and stains used to finish them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
133 images
Dimensions
Height: 281 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
736 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-2001-9 (9780764320019)
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Timothy D. Rieman has been immersed in Shaker furniture for more than two decades, both as a builder and a researcher. He has written Shake: The Art of Craftsmanship, and co-authored The Shaker Chair and The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture.