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Shaker Design: Out of this World
Jean Burks
An exploration of 200 years of Shaker design and spirituality, with new attention to Shaker influence on contemporary design
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 1776 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 ... Read more
Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture
Exhibition Schedule:
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (March 13 – June 15, 2008)
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