Mennonite Furniture: The Ontario Tradition in York County

by Patricia Musson, Linda Musson Nykor, Lynda Musson Nykor

Book Overview

The art, architecture and furniture of Ontario's Mennonite settlers reflected the deep convictions of these law-abiding, profoundly religious and pacifist people. Among the earliest settlers of Ontario's Niagara and York County regions, Mennonites brought to Canada a long rural tradition of building, furniture making and folk art. These ideas inspired the houses and farms they built and the production of a great variety of furniture, and informed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888621493
• ISBN13: 9780888621498
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.