The Shakers
Subtitle: from Mount Lebanon to the world
By: edited by Michael K. Komanecky ; contributions by Leonard L. Brooks [and eight others]
Contributors: Farnsworth Museum of Art; Shaker Museum (Sabbathday Lake, Me.); Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780847842629
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon; Shaker Museum (Sabbathday Lake, Me.); Shaker architecture; Shaker decorative arts; Shakers; Shaker furniture; History
Description: Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum, this book presents a new and authentic perspective on the Shaker community. Specially commissioned photography, archival imagery, essays by prominent scholars, and a firsthand interview with a member of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community deepen our understanding of this influential movement and style. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, and other objects-drawn primarily from the collection of Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon-bring the fascinating world of the Shakers to life. The book also explores the equally compelling material culture of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine.
Notes: "This book was produced in conjunction with the Farnsworth Art Museum exhibition The Shakers : from Mount Lebanon to the World, June 14, 2014, through January 5, 2015. The exhibition was organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum in partnership with The Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon, and The United  Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake Inc"--Verso of title page.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Who are the Shakers? / The Sabbathday Lake Shakers; title: Director's foreword / Christopher Brownawell; title: The Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon / David Stocks; title: The Shakers, from Mount Lebanon to the world / Leonard L. Brooks; title: The Shakers, a personal reflection / Michael K. Komanecky; title: Mount Lebanon and early American Shakerism / Stephen J. Stein; title: Nothing too small to be remembered : the Maine Shakers' evolving use of their history / Michael S. Graham; title: The Shakers today : a conversation with Brother Arnold Hadd / Michael K. Komanecky; title: A morning with Sister Frances Carr / Angela Waldron; title: Shaker Village dates.