EditorialThe white-walled dining room at the Commerce Inn, an exacting homage to the Shakers, whose signature furniture and decor rejected adornment, in New York, March 12, 2022. (Evan Sung/The New York Times)
Editorialsalt barrels and mustard jar, Anonymous, 18th century, Set of tin and blue glass in classicist style containing an oil and vinegar set with accompanying pepper canister, a mustard barrel and two salt shakers, 1919.
EditorialPewter Salt and Pepper Shakers. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 25.7 x 35.3 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
Editorialsalt barrels and mustard jar, Anonymous, 18th century, Set of tin and blue glass in classicist style containing an oil and vinegar set with accompanying pepper canister, a mustard barrel and two salt shakers, 1919.
EditorialSalt and Pepper Shakers, c.1875-1885. Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831). Silver and mixed metals; overall: 7.5 x 3 x 3 cm (2 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.).
EditorialA group of shakers. The Communistic Societies of the United States; from personal visit and observation: including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, and other existing societies With illustrations. London, 1875. Source: 8277.f.3, ...
EditorialTitle page of 'New View of Society'. New View of Society. Tracts relative to this subject; viz. Proposals for raising a Colledge of Industry of all useful Trades and Husbandry. By John Bellers. (Reprinted from the original published 1696. Report to the...
EditorialShaker worship- the dance. The Communistic Societies of the United States; from personal visit and observation: including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, and other existing societies With illustrations. London, 1875. Source: 827...
EditorialPewter Salt and Pepper Shakers. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 25.7 x 35.3 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialShakers Near Lebanon. Dated: c. 1830. Dimensions: image: 20.64 ? 32.7 cm (8 1/8 ? 12 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.75 ? 42.55 cm (12 1/2 ? 16 3/4 in.). Medium: lithograph in black with hand-coloring.
EditorialPewter Salt and Pepper Shakers. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 25.7 x 35.3 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialShakers Near Lebanon. Dated: c. 1830. Dimensions: image: 20.64 ? 32.7 cm (8 1/8 ? 12 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.75 ? 42.55 cm (12 1/2 ? 16 3/4 in.). Medium: lithograph in black with hand-coloring.
EditorialBottle, 17th century, Made in Iran, Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque blue glaze, with silver fittings, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Ceramics, Very few pieces of Iranian lusterware survive from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but this technique was r...
EditorialBlanket Chest, 1835?75, American, Shaker, Pine, 29 1/8 x 38 3/4 x 19 in. (74 x 98.4 x 48.3 cm), Furniture, This 'heavenly blue' Shaker blanket chest has one deep drawer. The blanket chest was a familiar furniture form in colonial New England that the S...
EditorialBedstead, 1830?60, Made in New Lebanon, New York, United States, American, Shaker, Maple, pine, 71 x 30 x 31 in. (180.3 x 76.2 x 78.7 cm), Furniture, The Shakers favored trundle bedsteads with nonpivoting wooden wheels that allowed the bed to be pulled...
EditorialRocking Chair, 1820?50, American, Shaker, Maple, birch, 38 1/4 x 22 5/8 x 28 in. (97.2 x 57.5 x 71.1 cm), Furniture, Previously reserved for the elderly and infirm, rocking chairs became ubiquitous in America after the Revolution. The Shakers produced ...