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The furniture, acquired in the 1970s, and Shaker textiles are considered among the finest Shaker collections in the world. [ 1 ] Many examples of Shaker furniture survive and are preserved today, including such popular forms as Shaker tables, chairs, rocking chairs (made in several sizes), and cabinets, which are said to have Shaker doors ...
Amish furniture is made in many different styles. [2] The Mission and Shaker styles share a few characteristics. Mission is characterized by straight lines and exposed joinery. It is often considered to be clean and modern in design. [3] The Shaker style is plain, yet elegant and has a very simple and basic design aimed at functionality and ...
Lambeth Furniture began in 1901 and was sold to Knox Furniture in 1928 and Thomasville Chair in 1932. [1] B.F. Huntley Furniture began in 1906 on Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and grew into the largest bedroom and dining room furniture manufacturer in the country. Its Winston-Salem plant burned in 1956, though a two-story ...
John Kassay (1919 in Bayonne, New Jersey – February 17, 2004, in San Bruno, California) was an expert in Shaker and Windsor furniture as well as a skilled craftsman, draftsman and photographer. He published "The Book of Shaker Furniture" in 1980 and "The Book of American Windsor Furniture: Styles and Technologies" in 1998. [1]
The Shaker Order of Christmas. Oxford University Press. LCCN 54012701. Andrews, Edward (1961). The Hancock Shakers: The Shaker Community at Hancock, Massachusetts, 1780–1960. Shaker Community. LCCN 85114831. Andrews, Edward Deming; Andrews, Faith (1966). Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253173607.
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum is the largest repository of Maine Shaker culture. Examples of furniture, oval boxes, woodenware, metal and tin wares, technology and tools, "fancy" sales goods, costume and textiles, visual arts, and herbal and medicinal products are among the 13,000 artifacts currently in the Sabbathday Lake collection.
Shaker craftsmen were known for a style of Shaker furniture that was plain in style, durable, and functional. [50] Shaker chairs were usually mass-produced because a great number of them were needed to seat all the Shakers in a community.
Glamour style was originally a combination of English, Greek Revival, French Regency and Hollywood glamour. The main colours of glam cabinets can follow high impact or soft and luxurious directions. The most important feature of this style is the combination of lighter neutral tones with intense, sharp dark shades such as black, navy blue and ...