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	Essay on Shaker Style -- Shaker Historic Trail -- National Register of Historic Places
		Shakers were pioneers of the principles of form and function advocated later by architects and designers such as John Ruskin and Louis Sullivan.
		Shaker buildings were void of fanciful architectural details as Millennial Law restricted the use of decorative "beadings, moulding and cornices." Elements such as door and window frames, lintels and chimneys, stairways and hardware were all executed with clean lines in the most basic forms.
		Shaker baskets were noted for their quality craftsmanship, and were created in a wide variety of shapes and sizes as each basket was designed for a specific use.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/shaker/shakerstyle.htm (1374 words)

	Shaker furniture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shaker furniture is a distinctive style of furniture developed by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing (i.e., Shakers), a religious sect founded by Jane and James Wardley.
		Shaker furniture is widely admired for its simplicity, innovative joinery, quality, and functionality.
		Collections of Shaker furniture are maintained by many art and historical museums in the United States and England, as well as in numerous private collections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shaker_furniture (218 words)

	History of Amish Shaker Furniture
		The Shakers had their roots in a Quaker revival in England in 1747, and were led at the time by James and Jane Wardley..
		After 1860, Shakerism began to decline; By 1889, their numbers had dwindled by the mid-1990s it was almost nonexistent, with a tiny community in New Gloucester, Maine, constituting the only active Shaker village in the country.
		Looking at plain but neat Shaker chairs and barns today, it is evident that the Shakers made their heavenly ideals a working part of their everyday life in all things they made.
	www.amish-furniture-gallery.com /hiofamshfu.html (873 words)

	Shaker Museum & Library Museum History
		The Shaker Museum was the first and, at that time, only public museum dedicated to preserving the life, work, art and religious history of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers.
		The important artifacts that the Shakers made available to the Shaker Museum and Library reflect the role they expected the institution to play in the preservation of their history.
		In 1996, the Shaker Museum and Library was cited as one of the "Most Extraordinary Museums" in New York State at Why I Love NY awards.
	www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org /ourhistory.htm (977 words)

	Furniture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which may support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground.
		Shaker furniture is distinctive style developed by the Shakers, a religious sect, in the late 18th century.
		Shaker furniture was inspired by their ascetic beliefs and widely admired for its simplicity, innovative joinery, quality, and functionality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Furniture (848 words)

	Shaker Furniture, Part II: Faith in Form
		Shakerism peaked in the decades before the Civil War, as America industrialized and the country expanded west.
		Shakers emphasized function and quality, believing that these were an extension of their spirituality.
		The Shakers freed their furniture from all semblance of ornament and discarded all values in design that related to surface decoration.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/antiques_and_collectibles/88861 (604 words)

	Furniture Styles & History
		European furniture design styles and North American furniture styles generally follow the main splits and divisions in European and American culture, principally the historic interaction and struggle between the Classical view of life and the Romantic as can be seen in the history of English furniture.
		Classicism, rooted in ancient furniture times and echoed weakly in the medieval furniture period, in relation to the history of furniture design, is symmetrical in lines, serious and grand in aspect, rigorous and balanced in construction.
		This historical look at furniture making, art and design is an attempt to relate the meaning of furniture styles and history to the present day needs of home furnishings and decor, to acquaint the reader with the knowledge and understanding required to accurately express her own tastes in furniture.
	www.furniturestyles.net (389 words)

	ShakerStyle
		Shaker Style is a family-run business offering handcrafted Shaker furniture and home goods of lasting distinction, focused on uncompromising quality and customer service.
		At Shaker Style, we offer refinements in our Shaker furniture that set us apart - hand dovetailing, wood grain and color matching, extraordinary wood choices and a hand-rubbed satin finish.
		Shaker Furniture builders since 1989, we offer a full line of shaker and colonial dining furniture, bedroom furniture, kitchen and living room furniture.Please browse our e-catalog and feel free to call the toll-free number below or e-mail with any questions you may have.
	www.shakerstyle.com (96 words)

	Shaker Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		For the Shakers, the client was the community as a whole.
		Furniture can be appraised in a systematic way by evaluating the form and the nonstructural elements of the object and then observing the effect of the spatial surroundings on each piece.
		Although some Shaker furniture follows this common pattern, other Shaker cabinetmakers regularly moved away from this rigidly held aesthetic and developed many asymmetrical forms, which can achieve balance by presenting equivalent but nonmatching forms.
	www.shakerworkshops.com /sdesign1.htm (626 words)

	FIND! - Shaker Furniture
		And because Shaker pieces are often painted — yellow, blue, red, and green were favorite colors — Shaker furniture can really complement a collection of folk art.
		The Shakers believed that every act of labor was an act of worship and that God was guiding their hands when they worked.
		The Shakers made furniture from the 1780s on, producing the trestle tables, chairs, tripod stands, desks, clocks, chests, work-tables, and bentwood storage boxes they needed for their largely self-sufficient communities.
	www.find-tv.com /find-tv/learn/articles/0104_shaker.html (721 words)

	Furniture Styles - Shaker Style
		The Shakers are a breakaway sect of the Quaker religion who came from England to New York in 1776.
		The Shakers developed a simple, unadorned furniture style, which by 1820 was sought after for its durability, ingenious construction, and elegance.
		Typical woods used by the Shakers were maple, birch, chestnut, butternut and honey pine.
	www.maltwood.uvic.ca /furniture/style_shaker.htm (170 words)

	Shaker, Mission & Custom Furniture handmade by Bissell Woodworking
		In addition to my line of Shaker and Mission furniture I also do a considerable amount of custom furniture and built-ins ranging from minor changes to standard pieces to designing and building completely new designs.
		Manufacturers and individual furniture makers who sell through dealers and galleries as well as directly to consumers must include the dealers' or galleries' mark-up in their own retail prices.
		All furniture is boxed, wrapped or crated with the same care as we built it.
	www.furnitureontheinternet.com (1095 words)

	Art Complex Museum - Shaker Furniture
		The collection of Shaker furniture at the Art Complex Museum is widely recognized among authorities for its quality and fine examples of classic Shaker design.
		The initial interest in things Shaker came from Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Sanborn, whose home in the Berkshires was close to the Hancock and New Lebanon Shaker communities.
		Their dedication to the Shaker aesthetic has resulted in a discriminating collection of furniture and artifacts of daily life.
	www.artcomplex.org /shaker.html (282 words)

	Shaker Furniture, Chairs, and Rockers - by S.Timberlake
		Shaker Furniture, Chairs, and Rockers - by S.Timberlake
		Shaker furniture, chairs, tables, and "built-to-order", custom hardwood furniture may be found here.
		We are Shaker chairmakers first and foremost and we are commited to building functional, quality furniture of lasting value which we believe is the legacy and essence of "the Shaker Chair."
	www.stimberlake.com (490 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Shakers; The United Society of Believers
		The Shakers are one of the few success stories resulting from the proliferation of communitarian and millenarian groups in eighteenth and nineteeenth century Europe and America.
		Little is known of the 20th Century Shakers besides their decline because they closed even their journals -- previously released in order to further spread first person witness of Shaker beliefs -- to the outside world in the first decades of this century (Stein 1992).
		These beliefs were key to Shaker theology and lifestyle in the sense that they were seen as vital to the building of a truly selfless and spiritual community (Horgan 1982; Humez 1993; Robinson 1975).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/Shakers.html (2349 words)

	Shaker Furniture Wood Plans
		This tall chest of drawers was strongly influenced by the Shaker style of furniture.
		It is made of Imbuya which is a departure from the traditional cherry of the Shaker furniture and has walnut burl insets in the doors.
		Shaker sewing stands have a special charm that fits in almost all decors.
	www.woodworkersauction.com /amfurnpages/amfurnshaker.htm (351 words)

	Shaker Furniture - Shaker Chair - Shaker Desk
		Shaker furniture is a major creative force in our decorative arts heritage because it is the one truly original American style of furniture.
		Your satisfaction with your experience with people’s furniture is our ultimate concern, therefore discover a new world of time-honored traditions in each piece selected for its craftsmanship, beauty, and investment quality at affordable prices.
		At People's Furniture, we offer an entire collection for Office furniture including shaker desk, Executive Desks, Reception Desks,auto laptop computer desk, laptop storage cabinet, conference, meeting, and training furniture, etc. We carry a huge variety of shaker desk that may suit your various requirements.
	www.peoplesfurniture.net /shaker_furniture.htm (465 words)

	Shaker Furniture Gallery - Huey Furniture
		The desk was used by two Shaker "sisters" as they sewed.
		Our version of this striking desk is based upon an 1840's piece created in the Shaker community of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and it already has made an appearance at the Round Stone Barn.
		Based on a table made at the Harvard Shaker Community around 1840 and believed to be from the Ministry, this trestle table exhibits an "hour- glass" design set on boldly arched feet.
	www.hueyfurniture.com /shaker_furniture.asp (287 words)

	Shaker Furniture, Crafts and Folk Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In their quest to live in a heaven on earth, the Shakers created a distinctive material world.
		The beauty of Shaker style resides in its purity of design.
		Rare adult cradles used to soothe the elderly and infirm, and smaller-scale furniture used by Shaker children illustrate the age diversity of the Shaker "family." Nests of oval boxes, candle stands, and a large number and variety of Shaker chairs and tables grace the room settings of the Brick Dwelling.
	www.hancockshakervillage.org /experience/furniture_wares_folk_art.html (273 words)

	Ortiz Studios - Fine Japanese Shaker Furniture
		The second is the furniture of the Shaker communities of the19th century.
		Their furniture is rooted in the New World, unpretentious, exquisitely proportioned and built with native woods.
		The furniture in the SOFIA Line is constructed of premium grade Pennsylvania cherry and walnut or curly maple.
	www.ortizstudios.com (471 words)

	Shaker
		The flat needle at center is a modern reproduction of those used by Shakers to weave the seats (and backs) of chairs until the 1930s.
		Shaker chairs modeled after those found in communities at Harvard, MA, Hancock, MA, Watervliet, NY and Mount Lebanon, NY.
		Shakers preferred fabric tape instead of rush, wood splint or cane because it lasted and was functional.
	www.pharm.stonybrook.edu /faculty/berrios/Shaker.htm (529 words)

	Daniel W. Santos Fine Furniture
		The Shakers are most notable, and identified today, for their enduring furniture styles.
		Period furniture encompasses those styles designed and built in America between the years 1680 and 1820, including William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, etc. This period is generally considered the pinnacle of furniture design.
		For this reason original furniture from this period is highly sought after by collectors of antique furniture and regularly demands high prices, frequently hundreds of thousands of dollars.
	www.dwsfinefurniture.com /Gallery.asp (365 words)

	Shaker Furniture Custom Made: Chairs, Tables, Etc.
		Shaker furniture, custom made by woodworkers living in rural Vermont.
		Featuring simple lines and functional styles, Shaker artifacats and reproduction furniture are enjoying a surging popularity in the United States.
		Shakers were a communitarian group in the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Europe and America.
	www.modernshakerfurniture.com (277 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style: Books: Christian Becksvoort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The history of the Shakers is well presented, with just the right amount of detail to explain their principles of design and their geographical organisation.
		The furniture is illustrated by large clear colour photographs, usually one per page, with a simple description and most valuably, their date and origin.
		First there is the history of the Shakers which looks at the sect as a part of the history of our country and of the expansion of the European culture westward.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Shaker-Legacy-Perspectives-Enduring-Furniture/dp/156158357X (1200 words)

	SHAKER FURNITURE Shaker Style Furniture
		Shaker Furniture is coming back in a big way.
		While Shaker Furniture is similar to Mission Furniture, Shaker Furniture has a lighter feel, and more airy look to them.
		Shaker Furniture is one of our specialties, so if you are looking for Shaker Furniture, you have just found the ultimate Shaker Furniture source.
	www.shakerliving.com (248 words)

	Shaker Museum & Library NY Chatham Columbia County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Shaker Museum and Library is located in Old Chatham, New York which is in rural Columbia County.
		The Shaker Museum and Library is the premier center for the interpretation and exhibition of Shaker life and culture.
		The Shaker Museum is open to the public on a seasonal basis with popular special events and educationsal programming.
	www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org (222 words)

	Shaker Style Furniture by Schmidt Furniture of Wakarusa
		The Shakers wanted their belongings to reflect the simplicity and perfection revered in their religion.
		Their furniture, with its clean lines and attention to detail, is still the most popular style of furniture more than a century after it was first designed.
		Like the fine antiques produced a century ago by diligent Shaker craftsmen, our classic designs are hand crafted one at a time in solid maple and cherry to last a lifetime.
	www.schmidtfurniture.com /shaker-furniture.htm (152 words)

	Shaker Bedroom Furniture
		Furniture in the Shaker style by Shaker Furniture
		he classic, clean lines of the Shaker style impart a relaxing and romantic atmosphere to any bedroom.
		The Shaker bedroom features dovetailed hardwood drawers on full extension slides, bookmatched doors, hand turned knobs and solid wood construction throughout.
	www.shaker.net /html/shaker_bedroom_furniture.html (83 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Book of Shaker Furniture: Books: John Kassay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		While the information is fairly common among the books about the Shaker's and their furniture, it makes his book a complete reference for new comers and for people who have only room on their shelf and budget for one book.
		Includes a paragraph detailing each peice, a wonderful history of the shakers and their furniture, overall dimensions, and plans for a limited number of pieces.
		When reading this book, one feels the struggle shaker cabinet makers were engaged in between simplicity and "the world".
	www.amazon.ca /Book-Shaker-Furniture-John-Kassay/dp/0870232754 (895 words)

	Shaker Furniture and Accessories: Isaacs' Shaker Hill, Cincinnati, Morrow, Ohio
		Built in 1863, Isaacs' Shaker Hill is a unique and historic structure which has been transformed into a collection of quaint nostalgic rooms that showcase Isaacs' Family Shaker furniture creations as well as many, many decorative and accessory items for your home.
		His talent has inspired hundreds of his students to produce quality handcrafted furniture, which has earned the school the distinction of being the top industrial arts department in the state of Ohio for 13 consecutive years.
		Specializing in Shaker reproductions Tom and son Tom Jr.
	www.isaacsshakerhill.com (169 words)

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