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Shaker Chair
Charles R. Muller
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Description for Shaker Chair
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 430 b/w photos & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1434.
For well over a century, the world has noted the distinctive chairs made by Shaker communities throughout the eastern United States. A writer for House Beautiful suggested at the beginning of the twentieth century that "If you own a Shaker chair, preserve it with great care, for it will soon be considered an antique, and a rare one at that." In this definitive book, that statement is verified as the authors examine in depth the styles and production techniques of chairs made at ten Shaker communities during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Historical and contemporary photographs, extensive journal and ... Read more
For well over a century, the world has noted the distinctive chairs made by Shaker communities throughout the eastern United States. A writer for House Beautiful suggested at the beginning of the twentieth century that "If you own a Shaker chair, preserve it with great care, for it will soon be considered an antique, and a rare one at that." In this definitive book, that statement is verified as the authors examine in depth the styles and production techniques of chairs made at ten Shaker communities during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Historical and contemporary photographs, extensive journal and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764317392
SKU
V9780764317392
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Ref
99-2
About Charles R. Muller
Charles R. Muller is former editor of Antique Review. He previously wrote The Shaker Way as well as numerous articles on antiques and the Shakers. He lives in Ohio. Timothy Rieman is a furniture maker and restorer from New York state who previously wrote The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture.
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