Selling Shaker: The Promotion of Shaker Design in the Twentieth Century Volume 1

by Peter Richmond and Stephen Bowe

Book Overview

The Shakers - a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century - continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. Selling Shaker aims to explore this influence and chart its evolution throughout the course of the twentieth century via the interest shown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846310091
• ISBN13: 9781846310096
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"