Shaker Furniture

IT can be an intriguing adventure to examine the 19th-century Shaker and the 20th-century furniture of the Bauhaus school. You discover how the forms conceived by these disparate groups shared a purity of design, in each instance inspired by an unwavering Back in Maine, he spent two weeks at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship “There’s quite a bit of Zen involved,” he says of the precision required to cut pieces for shaker furniture. “You have to believe it’s going to be right.” POWNAL - A New York couple with ties to Maine has purchased Chilton Furniture, a Maine retailer of Shaker-style furniture. Jennifer and Jared Levin of Larchmont, N.Y., purchased Chilton from Bill and Susan Martens of Pownal. Bill Martens’ father New York are the new owners of Chilton Furniture, known for hand-crafted, Shaker-inspired cherry wood designs. Sale of the store became final in September. The Levins have retained the existing management team—general manager, Nate Gobeil, who was named When the Shakers crafted their home furnishings hundreds of years ago, it wasn’t just about comfort and utility – it was about pleasing God. Every detail of their minimalist work was carefully constructed and meticulously perfected. Typically, to see Marketplace observer Frank Donegan reports that because of such buyers, the most desirable examples of shaker furniture now sell in the $100,000 range. For example, in the last year at auctions, pieces fetching record prices include a long trestle table .

“Shaker furniture was seldom signed, so this is a particularly important item,” noted Shaker specialists Will and Karel Henry, whose upcoming auction is their 32d Shaker auction since 1982. Calver, who was born in 1839, joined the community in 1850 and The Shakers are a religious group that came to America from England in 1774 led by Mother Ann Lee. The group grew until there were 18 Shaker communities in the eastern part of the country. Some of the communities made furniture that was sold to outsiders. CAMPBELLSVILLE — It was a Friday afternoon and Patrick McMahan had just sprayed lacquer on a few pieces of furniture before heading out for a weekend camping trip. He switched on a fan to clear the fumes, "and the whole room blew up around me." "When I Though many more ornate and decadent furniture styles have come and gone since then, Shaker style furniture – including Shaker bathroom vanities – have made a major comeback in recent years. Their simple lines and high functionality matches nicely with .

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