Shaker Textile Arts

by Beverly Gordon

Book Overview

A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874511585
• ISBN13: 9780874511581
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

As essential as the furniture is

There are a lot of books on Shaker furniture, but what about carpets and curtains and hotpads and tablecloths and bedspreads and clothing? That's where this book comes in handy. Well-researched book from the late 1970s with a sociological thrust that builds on the scholarship of the time (Andrews et al.). In other words, it is not inherently revisionist. A nice coffee table book on the same subject would be the perfect complement.