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Shaker chest of drawers
Shaker chest of drawers Yellow-painted or yellow-washed mixed wood chest of drawers, by a cabinet maker working in the Shaker village of Mount Lebanon, New York, c. 1840; in the Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon, New York.

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Shaker furniture, furniture designed for and by the religious colonies of Shakers founded in America in the last quarter of the 18th century. Designs are characterized by an austerity of decoration and truth to materials. Deeply dedicated to ideals of communal living and asceticism, the Shakers designed and constructed furniture that reflected their belief that to make a thing well was in itself an act of prayer and their conviction that the appearance of a...

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