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Reproductions |
Item Number: 127H
High Shaker Village Chest
$1,720 Pine Stained
$2,065 Painted |
Item Number: 127M
Medium Shaker Village Chest
$1,500 Pine Stained
$1,800 Painted |
Item Number: 127L
Low Shaker Village Chest
$1,250 Pine Stained
$1,500 Painted |
Margaret Lee's vision of the way folks should live was quite specific. She
founded an essentially monastic sect committed to austerity and
organization in all aspects of life . . .the idea being that one's mental
and physical energies should be maximally dedicated to worship.
So, no frills. Still, while Shaker creed held that to sit one simply
needed a surface, the builder's urge to express themselves artistically
tugged them into ever finer variations on the less is more perception of
design.
We don't know whether Margaret would disapprove of the reverence in which
the products of her thinking are held today. Oh, yes. The name
"Shaker", at least according to our dictionary, arose as a
description of the movements of various parts of the worshipper's bodies
during devotion.
Our steady Shaker chairs and tables reflect the finest honing of the
builder's art.
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