Shaker style : the gift of simplicity
Manroe, Candace Ord1992
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A blend of the social history and style of the Shaker movement. It looks at Shaker furniture, with its unmistakable oval boxes, wall pegs and trestle tables, and shows how for them, furniture was only ever a reflection of their religious beliefs of devotion, celibacy, perfection and simplicity.
Main title:
Shaker style : the gift of simplicity / Candace Ord Manroe with Joseph Boehm.
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Imprint:
London : Merehurst, 1992, c1991.
Collation:
160p. : ill(some col.), ports., facsims. ; 30cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p154. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9781853913013
Dewey class:
745.44973
Language:
English
BRN:
556629
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