Thread: Shaker Furniture

It's a useful book on several levels. Because it focuses on the actual furniture at Pleasant Hill, it presents an actual, not idealized, look at Shaker furniture. The use of nails and the variance in craftsmanship are openly discussed, not hidden or ignored. I wish I'd had the book before my trip to Pleasant Hill, I would have gotten more out of my day there.

Aren't libraries wonderful? Picked up a copy of this book in my local library, it makes for interesting reading.

Didn't know much about the Shakers, not being an American.

Their furniture techniques are ver interesting, their ideas on life even more so!

For an in-depth account of the Shakers and their furniture, have a look at Chistian Becksvoort's book, The Shaker Legacy.

Rocker

Thanks Rocker, have placed an inter-library loan request for that one, it looks interesting

Hi Guys, I grew up not 8 miles from Pleasent Hill, Kentucky. Although the houses and shops were there all along, over the past years they have restored and are open to visiting... http://www.shakervillageky.org/

In fact, my mom has a table she refers to it as "Pappy's Table" ("Pappy" being her grandfather who did at 90 in 1930's) So, as you can cypher, the table is quite old, and we believe it was an actual Shaker made Shaker table.

Just an anticnote and intervention,

Thanks Big shed. Generally I quite like shaker furniture. something warm about it. like simple lines.

i grew up on the east coast of the US and own several shaker antiques and have to admit it is those pieces of furniture that got interested in wood working. as for books.....you can never have enough.....like knowledge , you can never know enough.