Grant, Jerry V. and Douglas R. Allen — Shaker Furniture Makers

Hanover/Pittsfield, Mass, Hancock Shaker Village/University Press of New England, 1989. Hardcover. Rust colored cloth boards with black lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, xii, 180 pp, profusely illustrated in bw. "The twenty-seven furniture makers portrayed here worked in twelve of the nineteen Shaker communities, and their lives spanned almost two centuries. The authors succeed in connecting flesh and spirit with the wood by discussing individual styles and techniques, when and how the craftsmen became Shakers, why they took up wookworking, the myriad other tasks they performed, and often their spiritual and personal struggles. There are fresh insights into master/apprentice relationships, division between appropriate and inappropriate creativity, and the ways in which ideas and designs were transferred from community to community." -Dust Jacket Over 150 illustrations organized chronologically. Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-178) and index. VG/VG- (small black marker mark on bottom of block edge, dust jacket has sunning/fading to spine and edges) .