Research Catalog
The book of Shaker furniture
- Title
- The book of Shaker furniture / John Kassay.
- Author
- Kassay, John, 1919-2004.
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | AK2406 K15 F | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Mendell, Mary
- Description
- xxii, 265 pages : illustrations, plans; 31 cm
- Summary
- "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."--Amazon.com.
- Subject
- Shaker furniture
- Note
- Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket.
- Contents
- Beds -- Benches -- Boxes -- Built-ins and cupboards -- Cabinets -- Chairs -- Chests -- Clocks -- Commodes -- Counters -- Cradles -- Desks -- Looking glasses -- Pegs, pegboards, and pulls -- Racks -- Screens -- Settees -- Shelves -- Stands -- Stools -- Tables.
- ISBN
- 0870232754
- 9780870232756
- LCCN
- 79004017
- OCLC
- ocm05892184
- 5892184
- SCSB-2212558
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries