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• Publisher : UPNE
• File Size : 29,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 July 1982

A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.

• Publisher : Yale University Press
• File Size : 22,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 1992

The first general history of the Shakers, from their origins in 18th-century England to the present day. Drawing on written and oral testimony by Shakers over the past two centuries,

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• File Size : 55,9 Mb
• Release Date : 15 November 2022

Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a

• Publisher : National Geographic Books
• File Size : 35,7 Mb
• Release Date : 04 February 2014

“Leads readers from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century, while weaving its story from strands of craft, history and anthropology, and science and culture. . . . An outstanding achievement.” —Library Journal

• Publisher : Liverpool University Press
• File Size : 54,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 2007

The simple yet striking lines of Shaker design grace much of the furniture we see in high-end department stores, and beautiful examples of it adorn the pages of Architectural Digest

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• File Size : 54,8 Mb
• Release Date : 15 June 2017

“Shakerism teaches God’s immanence through the common life shared in Christ’s mystical body.” Like many religious seekers throughout the ages, they honor the revelation of God but cannot

• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• File Size : 42,6 Mb
• Release Date : 28 September 2009

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, followed Mother Ann Lee to the United States in 1774 when life in England became difficult. In

• Publisher : UNC Press Books
• File Size : 33,9 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 2013

Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present.

• Publisher : Rowman Altamira
• File Size : 44,8 Mb
• Release Date : 16 August 2010

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is renowned for its decorative arts collection. An indispensable guide for curators, educators, interpreters, and students of decorative arts, this revised and enhanced edition includes a

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 42,5 Mb
• Release Date : 05 July 2017

Rejecting traditional notions of what constitutes art, this book brings together essays on a variety of fiber arts to recoup women's artistic practices by redefining what counts as art. Although