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The Shakers : a world in the making /

"The Shakers, a visionary American religious community founded in the late eighteenth century, have left a lasting imprint on modern design and architecture. Their simple and timeless objects are considered paragons of good design, and their buildings are seen as precursors to functional archit...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weil am Rhein, Germany : Ludwigsburg, Germany : Vitra Design Museum ; Wüstenrot Foundation, [2025]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Shaker decorative arts > Exhibitions.
Shaker furniture > Exhibitions.
Art objects > United States > Exhibitions.
Design > Exhibitions.
Religious articles > Exhibitions.
Objets d'art > Expositions.
Design > Expositions.
Objets religieux > Expositions.
Arts décoratifs shakers > Expositions.
Meubles shakers > Expositions.
Art objects
Design
Religious articles
Shaker decorative arts
Shaker furniture
Table of Contents:
  • Refined traditions: Shaker architecture in context / Aaron Betsky
  • In the eye of eternity, a chair is just a chair / Sarah Margolis-Pineo
  • Shaker labor as... / Mea Hoffmann
  • Splendid isolation: on Shaker autonomy / Glenn Adamson
  • Shaker objects
  • "We are all looking for a more loving world" / Sharon Duane Koomler and Jerry Grant in conversation with Mea Hoffmann
  • The long shadow of the Shakers / Shoshana Resnikoff
  • Perfection is progressive artists and the living Shakers / Jeffrey De Blois
  • Artist contributions / Amie Cunat, Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm, David Hartt, Christien Meindertsma, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Finnegan Shannon, and Reggie Wilson
  • "Religion has always been an undercurrent in modernity" / Johann Hinrich Claussen in conversation with Mateo Kries
  • In community / Irene Cheng, Cauleen Smith, and Mabel O. Wilson in conversation with Hallie Ringle and Zoë Ryan