The Book of Shaker Furniture

The Book of Shaker Furniture

by John Kassay
The Book of Shaker Furniture

The Book of Shaker Furniture

by John Kassay

Hardcover(First Edition)

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Overview

Of the more than one hundred experiments in communitarian living that proliferated in America during the nineteenth century, the Untied Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing , whose adherents are best known as "Shakers," is certainly one of the most interesting, successful, and enduring. This book is a collection of furniture made by members of this remarkable American religious sect.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780870232756
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date: 05/29/1980
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 720,891
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: 1130L (what's this?)

About the Author

John Kassay taught industrial arts in junior and senior high schools and, for over thirty years, at San Francisco State University, where he is professor emeritus in the Department of Design and Industry. He is an accomplished draftsman, furniture maker, and photographer
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