Shaker Chairs

Oleh Jerry

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Young students begin with simple tools and by middle school build Adirondack chairs and Shaker boxes. A traditional woodworker, Clifford has long been drawn to the simplicity and beauty of Shaker furniture. Last spring, he brought his older students to the A spindle-back bench from Enfield, N.H., made about 1840, is part of “Shaker Stories, From the Collection of Benjamin H. Rose III” at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. “He’s the authority. I’m the designated duster,” says Toby Rose, wryly Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has created two collections of furniture for Portuguese furniture company De La Espada, including pieces modelled on simple Shaker designs (+ slideshow). Neri&Hu designed the Shaker dining table and dining chair as part of its This year's courses include stained glass, wagon wheel rug, mola applique, slow-cooker soap, leather working, locker hooking, twined rag rugs, assorted jewelry, Shaker tape seat weaving, chair caning, penny rugs, pine needle baskets, felting, linoleum The Shakers are a religious group that came to America from England in 1774 led by Mother Ann Lee. The group grew until there were 18 Shaker communities in the eastern part of the country. Some of the communities made furniture that was sold to outsiders. Developing the chair took him 40 hours. It used $250 in materials Design influences range from mid-century modernism to industrial components to Shaker principles. My designs typically start from a simple form, which I then bend, laminate, join .

They're gone. All that's left of them is their furniture." Though Toby and her husband Ben Rose aren't the only folks who collect authentic Shaker furniture and other items, they do rank among the art form's most exuberant fans. A large number of We gutted our rancher kitchen/den and installed Shaker-style cabinets - some with seeded glass taking Storm Cloud down about 20-30% for the walls but I'm not sure. Our furniture is creamy white slipcovered sofa and chairs with dark wood/glass tables If you ever see a Shaker chair on “Antiques Roadshow,” the appraiser will probably go on about its design, the simple, clean lines, the sturdy craftsmanship, the strength of its cross bars and ladderback. Its lack of comfort will likely go unmentioned. It is refined and unadorned, and therein lies the beauty of Shaker furniture. The self-sufficient, co-ed religious colonies that came to be called Shakers, for their rhythmic swaying and “dancing” when the spirit moved them, believed that a thing well .