Shaker Furniture: Simple in Style, functional form
Shaker Furniture by author Meghan Carter
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Shaker Furniture has a simple aesthetic quality that has led many to believe Shaker furniture is a predecessor to modern. While that may or may not be true, clean lines of Shaker furniture and lack of ornamentation give a rare insight that has become quite popular. In fact, the only thing most people know about their furniture is edited. While speaking with the Interpretation and Education Manager at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Susan Hughes, I heard a story about a charming Shaker who was afraid of being remembered as a chair or table.
I guess they should not make such high quality furniture, but if they stop, they would not be a Shaker. You see, Shaker style furniture and quality has not come from a search for aesthetic beauty. This was a side effect of the Shaker religious beliefs.
"Shakers believed that their act was an act of worship," Hughes said. "They have their job the best way they knew how because she gave praise to God. And part of this goes back to one of their fundamental religious beliefs. They believe that they are living in the millennium - thousand-year reign Christ here on Earth - and so if you believe you are living in thousands-year reign of Christ on Earth, you have a thousand years to get it right. This is not the production line mentality. You are trying to pump out as many chairs as you can. You're going to do that well head that you can. "
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