{"product_id":"shakers-from-mount-lebanon-to-the-world-9780847842629","title":"Shakers  From Mount Lebanon to the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important book on Shaker art and life, offering a fresh look at a style that has endured through centuries and continues to inspire designers and homeowners. This book presents the elegantly austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in the context of their faith and community at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual and administrative center of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, and other objects-drawn primarily from the collection of  Shaker Museum  Mount Lebanon-bring the fascinating world of the Shakers to life. The book also explores the equally compelling material culture of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, the last active Shaker community, and how this group of Shakers continued to thrive while other Shaker communities elsewhere gradually disappeared. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanying a major exhibition organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum, this book presents a new and authentic perspective on the Shaker community. Specially commission\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The fascinating story of the Shakers, and of their extraordinary furniture, is now told in \u003ci\u003eThe Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World\u003c\/i\u003e. This book expands our knowledge by documenting other types of practical furniture, tools and even Shaker clothing...this beautiful and enthralling book opens a window onto the world of the Shakers...\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...this enlightening, visually arresting...uplifting exhibition highlights American ingenuity, resilience and fearlessness; its can-do spirit and individualism. The show is a rich overview of the Shaker community; but it celebrates individual artists, expressing themselves through a plain-spoken poetry that is uniquely American.\" -Review of Exhibition by the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"With simple objects, simple words, Farnsworth tells complex Shaker story...it is a great exhibition. It is beautifully installed and fascinating. The objects are important and compelling. The language behind the installation is the level-headed and eminently commonsensical voice of the Believers.\" -Review of Exhibition by the \u003ci\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...the show will present a comprehensive look at the religious, social and economic foundations of Shaker life, seen through Shaker-made objects…accompanied by a richly illustrated book…” \u003ci\u003e–The Republican Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli International Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528201675095,"sku":"9780847842629","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780847842629.jpg?v=1731870774","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakers-from-mount-lebanon-to-the-world-9780847842629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}