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- Shelf Clock By John Winkley, 1787-1792 -
- 1787-1792
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Shelf Clock By John Winkley, 1787-1792
- Hand Lamp, circa 1830 - The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, is a religious sect begun in the late 1700s. Members banded together into small, mostly self-sufficient, communal enclaves scattered from Maine to Kentucky. Shaker craftsmen fashioned household furnishings with plain lines, little ornamentation, and painted or stained in a uniform color. Their craftsmanship expressed honesty, simplicity, and utility--in keeping with the guiding principles of the Shaker faith.
- circa 1830
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Hand Lamp, circa 1830
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, is a religious sect begun in the late 1700s. Members banded together into small, mostly self-sufficient, communal enclaves scattered from Maine to Kentucky. Shaker craftsmen fashioned household furnishings with plain lines, little ornamentation, and painted or stained in a uniform color. Their craftsmanship expressed honesty, simplicity, and utility--in keeping with the guiding principles of the Shaker faith.
- Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
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Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
- Wool Wheel, Made in the Shaker Community in Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1807-1847 - Spinning fibers into yarn for weaving into cloth was an important task in many households into the 19th century. Spinning, done by women and girls, was a skilled -- and labor-intensive -- task. The woman who operated this large wool wheel spent countless hours walking to and fro, alternately spinning the wool fibers into yarn and then winding it onto the spindle.
- 1807-1847
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Wool Wheel, Made in the Shaker Community in Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1807-1847
Spinning fibers into yarn for weaving into cloth was an important task in many households into the 19th century. Spinning, done by women and girls, was a skilled -- and labor-intensive -- task. The woman who operated this large wool wheel spent countless hours walking to and fro, alternately spinning the wool fibers into yarn and then winding it onto the spindle.
- Eldress Sarah Collins Working on a Rocking Chair about 1890, "Filling Chair Orders, Chair Shop, Mount Lebanon, N.Y." -
- 1890
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Eldress Sarah Collins Working on a Rocking Chair about 1890, "Filling Chair Orders, Chair Shop, Mount Lebanon, N.Y."
- Rebecca Hathaway Working on a Chair at Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker Community about 1940 -
- circa 1940
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Rebecca Hathaway Working on a Chair at Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker Community about 1940
- North Family "Shakers," Mount Lebanon, New York, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
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North Family "Shakers," Mount Lebanon, New York, 1900-1910
- Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 - Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the <em>American Bee Journal</em> (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- circa 1875
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Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the American Bee Journal (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- Advertising Bookmark, "E.J. Neale & Co. Shaker Cloak," 1900-1930 -
- 1900-1930
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Advertising Bookmark, "E.J. Neale & Co. Shaker Cloak," 1900-1930
- Yardstick, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
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Yardstick, circa 1850