Quaker aesthetics
Subtitle: reflections on a Quaker ethic in American design and consumption
By: edited by Emma Jones Lapsansky and Anne A. Verplanck.
Contributors: Verplanck, Anne A.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History.; Society of Friends -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History.; Aesthetics, American -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History.; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Church history.
Description: "In early America, Quakers dominated the political and social landscape of the Delaware Valley, and, because this region held a position of political and economic strength, the Quakers were tightly connected to the transatlantic economy. Given this vantage, they had easy access to the latest trends in fashion and business.

Detailing how Quakers have manufactured, bought, and used such goods as clothing, furniture, and buildings, the essays in Quaker Aesthetics reveal a much more complicated picture than that of a simple people with simple tastes. Instead, the authors show how, despite the high quality of their material lives, Quakers have worked toward the spiritual simplicity they still cherish."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.