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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great detail of Shaker lifestyle and furniture with drawings,
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This review is from: The Book of Shaker Furniture (Hardcover)
A classic work on the Shaker community and furniture. Kassay'shand-drawn plans of specific furniture items reflect great detail while remaining relatively easy to follow. Logical organizaton of the content with excellent references. A "must have" for any serious woodworkers interested in or having respect for the Shaker lifestyle. Much deeper content than softcovers on the subject.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A very good book about a most interesting furniture Style.,
By aruscazio@hotmail.com (Sardinia Island Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Shaker Furniture (Hardcover)
I'm, as a woodworker, an advanced amateur (I'm a Civil Engineer). One of my last works was a case with 27 (yes twentyseven) drawers of 15 different sizes and a door. A few months ago, attracted by a photo in the cover, I bought a book in London (England) about all the aspect of the Shaker Community and with a great surprise, I found there something very similar to what I had drafted and done. I didn't even know the existence of a Shaker Community before. Do you believe in reincarnation??? So I become extremely interested and tried to learn more about all the aspect of the Shaker furniture. I think this book has solved many questions I had and put in my mind many ideas. The drawings, in particular, are extremely clear and accurate and made with a loving care. After having seen this book I' m working to a sewing desk and to a woodworking bench in Shaker style. Certainly I didn't regret the money! Antonello Ruscazio - Sardinia Island - Italy
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice collection of shaker furniture with some plans,
This review is from: The Book of Shaker Furniture (Hardcover)
A great book to show customers. 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. This book could use some color photos plans for each peice and more detail in the plans, but that was not necessarly the aim of the book, though it achieved what it meant to do well. When reading this book, one feels the struggle shaker cabinet makers were engaged in between simplicity and "the world".
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Shaker writings reveal that in the formative years furniture, including beds, was in short supply. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warm brown patina, natural brown patina, slat maple, stretcher maple, thumb molding, arc cutouts, clear varnish finish, cross cleats, rail pine, bottom pine, posts maple, shelf pine, stained light brown, corner dovetails, sewing desks, maple legs, legs maple, lidded chests, tape seat, drawer rails, drawer runners, front pine, sewing stand, sewing steps, hinges brass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Lebanon, Name Material, Pleasant Hill, Old Chatham, South Union, Collection of the Shaker Museum, New York, Collection of Shakertown, Collection of Shaker Community, Julius Zieget, Edward Deming Andrews, Friends of the American Wing Fund, New Hampshire, Sabbathday Lake, Collection of Shaker Museum, Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Queen Anne, Union Village, The Stokes Collection, Benjamin Youngs, Collection of Darrow School, Smithsonian Institution, Bill Finney, Collection of Jean Sladek Popelka, Collection of the Golden Lamb Inn New!
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Shaker writings reveal that in the formative years furniture, including beds, was in short supply. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warm brown patina, natural brown patina, slat maple, stretcher maple, thumb molding, arc cutouts, clear varnish finish, cross cleats, rail pine, bottom pine, posts maple, shelf pine, stained light brown, corner dovetails, sewing desks, maple legs, legs maple, lidded chests, tape seat, drawer rails, drawer runners, front pine, sewing stand, sewing steps, hinges brass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Lebanon, Name Material, Pleasant Hill, Old Chatham, South Union, Collection of the Shaker Museum, New York, Collection of Shakertown, Collection of Shaker Community, Julius Zieget, Edward Deming Andrews, Friends of the American Wing Fund, New Hampshire, Sabbathday Lake, Collection of Shaker Museum, Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Queen Anne, Union Village, The Stokes Collection, Benjamin Youngs, Collection of Darrow School, Smithsonian Institution, Bill Finney, Collection of Jean Sladek Popelka, Collection of the Golden Lamb Inn New!
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- Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture (Midland Bks Series: No. 286) by Ed Andrews in Front Matter
- Decorative Arts, Style and Design from Classical to Contemporary by Judith Miller in Front Matter
- American Shakers by Desroche in Front Matter
- Shaker folk art and industries by Marian Klamkin in Front Matter
- Illustrated Guide to Shaker Furniture by Robert Meader in Front Matter
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- In the Shaker Style (In The Style) by Fine Woodworking on page 33, and page 102
- The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style by Christian Becksvoort in Back Matter
- The Used Lumber Project Book by Kerry Pierce on page 51
- Shaker: Life, Work, and Art by June Sprigg in Back Matter
- Shaker Legacy by Christian Becksvoort in Back Matter
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