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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-100764320017
ISBN-139780764320019
eBay Product ID (ePID)30984137
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicDesign, Antiques & Collectibles, Furniture
AuthorJean M. Burks, Timothy D. Rieman
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length11 In.
Item Height0.6 In.
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Width8.5 In.
Additional Product Features
LCCN2004-017121
TitleLeadingThe
Book TitleShaker Furniture Handbook
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal749/.088/2898
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThis is the perfect introduction to Shaker furniture design.This concise book surveys distinctive furniture styles produced during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 beautiful full color images. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are shown. \nThe text provides an introduction to nearly twenty Shaker communities, their known cabinetmakers, identifiable traits of furniture designs unique to specific Shaker communites, and the characteristic colorful paints and stains used to finish them., This is the perfect introduction to Shaker furniture design.This concise book surveys distinctive furniture styles produced during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 beautiful full color images. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are shown. The text provides an introduction to nearly twenty Shaker communities, their known cabinetmakers, identifiable traits of furniture designs unique to specific Shaker communites, and the characteristic colorful paints and stains used to finish them.