Admittedly, there was more to the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing than pegs, ladder-back chairs and quilts. The Shakers, as they were otherwise known, were an English ...

Shaker-style furniture is simple. But in that simplicity is a beauty that is timeless. Tom Mosher, founder of Thos. Moser furniture, says it best. “Unadorned shape can speak with an authority that is ...

Eighteenth-century Shakers put contemporary minimalists to shame. Members of this religious sect based in upstate New York and Western Massachusetts were adamant that form follow function: a chair was ...

The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? "We call them the first ...

Ross Timberlake marks out a table at his Bethel furniture shop. The S. Timberlake Shaker and custom furniture company of Bethel provides visitors and customers a view of how wood is transformed into ...

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