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| Author | : Kerry Pierce |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2007-03-20 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1440317631 |
Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement, offered this guidance to her followers, "Hands to work and hearts to God". The furniture of the Pleasant Hill community shows her philosophy brought to life in every piece. With its beauty and simplicity, Shaker furniture has inspired generations of furniture makers like no other style in the world. This book details the construction and design of some rare and never before seen Shaker furniture created in the village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Painstakingly illustrated with drawings and photos of the furniture, this book reveals the joinery and design secrets that make Shaker furniture timeless. You'll find full-scale details of the joinery and special details about the furniture as well as a charming history of the village of Pleasant Hill.
| Author | : Jeri Landers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : Squirrels |
| ISBN | : 9780976530312 |
Follow the adventures of Bushky Bushybottom, a young squirrel who is blown from his treehouse and carried far away by a wild, wild wind. In his search for home is is both helped and hindered by many different characters. But a twist of fate bring Bushky home in a most unexpected way.
| Author | : Sharon Duane Koomler |
| Publisher | : Courage Books |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780762407194 |
This beautifully documented, authoritative overview of the Shaker form and function showcases the 200-year-old sect's eloquent, minimalist style, which blends seamlessly into today's modern design aesthetic. Includes Shaker-style architecture. 175 full-color and b&w photos.
| Author | : Timothy D. Rieman |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Book for Collectors |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780764320019 |
This book surveys furniture made during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 color photos. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are included. The text introduces nearly twenty Shaker communities, known cabinetmakers, identifiable furniture traits, and designs unique to specific Shaker communites.
| Author | : Timothy D. Rieman |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 584 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : |
This book documents Shaker furniture from communities in New England, Ohio, and Kentucky throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Free-standing tables, chairs, desks, boxes, and case clocks and built-in cupboards and cases of drawers are included. The text provides a detailed account of Shaker history, culture, and religion. Further, it examines Shaker design and tools, reporting new research on the Shaker color palette.
| Author | : John Kassay |
| Publisher | : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780870232756 |
A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
| Author | : Paul Rocheleau |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
The team that introduced Shaker life, work, and design to America and the world, in such successful books as Shaker and Shaker Design, here presents the ultimate visual work on the unique melding of form and function that created the Shaker look. 200 color illustrations.
| Author | : Kerry Pierce |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 582 |
| Release | : 2008-06-18 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1558709592 |
The fear of chairmaking is gone! Worried that you don't have what it takes to create stunning and comfortable chairs? From getting the perfect angle to making sure the size is just right and that each chair is comfortable - chairmaking can be a daunting task for any woodworker. But, never fear! Author Kerry Pierce draws upon decades of professional chairmaking experience to provide a handful of simple jigs that take the fear out of chairmaking. This book shows you how to make a variety of styles and types of chairs, from a ladder-back Shaker chair to a continuous-arm Windsor chair. You'll learn how to weave tape and rush seats, carve and shape wooden seats and much more.
| Author | : Kerry Pierce |
| Publisher | : Popular Woodworking Books |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2009-02-16 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781558708549 |
Store it the Shaker way! Storage & Shelving the Shaker Way shows you how to solve your storage problems in a contemporary Shaker style. The Shakers mastered the art of wooden storage systems because of their philosophical approach to life that mandated cleanliness and organization. You'll learn how the Shakers used hand tools, what joinery they used, how they prepared the wood for building their projects and great tips for finishing. Complete with beautiful measured drawings that show you how to build these storage projects using authentic Shaker details.
| Author | : Lynda Durrant |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780547003573 |
Carefully researched, "Imperfections" takes readers inside a Shaker community in the 1860s and tells the story of a spirited young woman who is determined to be herself.
