Title & Author:

Shaker design : out of this world / Jean M. Burks, editor ; Jean M. Burks, Robert P. Emlen, Jean M. Humez, M. Stephen Miller, Sumpter Priddy, Kory Rogers, Gerard C. Wertkin.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Published for the Bart Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York, and the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont by Yale University Press, [2008]
©2008

Description:

xxx, 245 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Series:

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design

Notes:
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Shaker Design: Out of This World, held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture from March 13 through June 15, 2008. The original version of the exhibition Out of This World: Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future, at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont, ran from June 16 through October 28,2007."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index.
The Shaker world. Shaker villages and the landscape of "gospel order" / Robert P. Emlen -- Faith, form, and finish: Shaker furniture in context / Jean M. Burks -- Designed for sale: Shaker commerce with the world / M. Stephen Miller. The spiritual world. The problem of female leadership in early Shakerism / Jean M. Humez -- "Given by inspiration": visionary expressions in Shaker life and art (1837 to 1859) / Gerard C. Wertkin. The fancy world. Plain Shakers, fancy world / Sumpter Priddy. The contemporary world. In the spirit? Twentieth-century and contemporary Shaker-inspired design / Kory Rogers.

Summary:

"Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most extensive, enduring, and successful utopian society ever established in America. Leaving Manchester, England, in 1774 to avoid persecution, the Shakers crossed the Atlantic and during the next 50 years established 19 villages from Maine to Kentucky. The Shakers were guided by the principles of utility, honesty, and order in both their work and worship, and this belief system influenced the physical expression of the goods they produced for use at home and for sale outside their communities. This book presents an array of examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the "world's people" (non-Shakers). The book's contributors discuss Shaker design in relation to the furniture they constructed, the products they sold, their gift drawings and spirituality, and their rejection of American Fancy design. the book also considers the powerful inspiration Shaker design has provided for diverse modern and contemporary designers, including George Nakashima, Roy McMakin, Thomas Moser, and Scandinavian furniture makers."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300137286 (alk. paper)
0300137281 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Shakers.
Hank und die Shakers Musikgruppe
Shaker decorative arts.
Decorative arts United States History 19th century.
Arts décoratifs shakers.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Decorative arts
Möbel
Design
Konsthantverk historia Förenta staterna 1800-talet.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
History

Added entries:

Burks, Jean M., 1949-
Emlen, Robert P.
Humez, Jean McMahon, 1944-
Miller, M. Stephen.
Priddy, Sumpter T., 1953-
Rogers, Kory W.
Wertkin, Gerard C.
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256708
Call No.: BIB 187124
Status: Available