Construction Shaker boxes showing their distinctive characteristic elongated "swallowtails" Shaker oval boxes are constructed using swallowtail projections on the box during the shaping process. These projections are incorrectly referred to as "fingers" or lappers. The swallowtail projections were added for practical purposes in the construction as they allowed the wood to expand and contract without splitting during temperature and humidity changes. Most of the boxes were made by the Shaker religious leaders, the male Elders. However, the oval bentwood box had no special religious significance and in fact was being made in Europe over a century before the Shakers even existed.
Construction upright 0.7|Shaker boxes' distinctive characteristic "swallowtails" Shaker oval boxes are constructed using swallowtail projections on the box during the shaping process. These projections are incorrectly referred to as "fingers" or lappers. The swallowtail projections were added for practical purposes in the construction as they allowed the wood to expand and contract without splitting during temperature and humidity changes. Most of the boxes were made by the Shaker religious leaders, the male Elders. However, the oval bentwood box had no special religious significance and in fact was being made in Europe over a century before the Shakers even existed.
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Shaker boxes showing their distinctive characteristic elongated
upright 0.7|Shaker boxes' distinctive characteristic