NICE GROUP OF EIGHT (8) BOOKS ON SHAKER COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNAL LIVING -- FURNITURE DESIGN HISTORY ++

Nice group of 8 books, paperback and hardback, on the Shakers - history, design, community, communal living, etc. -- Excellent condition. 

1) Recapturing Wisdom’s Valley: The Watervliet Shaker Heritage, 1775-1975, by Dorothy M. Filley, Town of Colonie and Albany Institute of History and Art: 1975. Hardcover. VG. 128pp, illustrations and photos. Bibliography. 

2) The Kentucky Shakers, by Julia Neal, University Press of Kentucky, 1977. Illustrated hardcover. 98pp. Photos, illustrations, bibliographical note. VG. Light wear to boards, owner name on ffep.

3) Shaker: Poems, by Charles De Matteo, Troy, NY: Brittany Books, 1990, first printing. 12mo. Softcover. VG. 48pp. Black and white line drawings. Poetry collection by regional Shaker educator and enthusiast.

4) Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art, by Ian Berry and Tom Lewis, Saratoga Springs, NY: The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, 2001, NF with no jacket as issued. Pictorial boards. No jacket as issued. A catalogue to accompany a 2001 exhibition at The Tang Museum with juxtapositions of Shaker furniture and other objects with work by twelve contemporary artists. 52pp. Many photo plates, mostly in color.

5) The Community Industries of the Shakers, by Edward D. Andrews, Albany, NY: The University of the State of New York, 1933. Softcover. 12mo. 322pp. VG. Covers and pages toned, covers soiled. Black and white photos and illustrations, map, charts, selected bibliography, and index. New York State Museum Handbook 15 detailing the history of Shaker agricultural and household economic activities within the state.

6) Shaker Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect by Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews. NY: Dover Publications, Inc., later printing. 4to. Softcover. VG. Covers sunned. 192pp.

7) The Hancock Shakers: The Shaker Community at Hancock, Massachusetts, by Edward Deming Andrews, Hancock, MA: Shaker Community Inc., 1961. VG. 40pp. Stapled tan illustrated softcover. Black and white illustrations, notes. A solid copy of this regional history of the Shakers in New England.

8) Shaker Hearts, by Ann Turner, illustrated by Wendell Minor, NY: HarperCollins, 1997, first printing. VG/VG. Children's picture book about the Shaker way of life. 

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United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
A group of Shakers, published in 1875
ClassificationRestorationist
OrientationShaker
RegionMaine, United States
LanguageEnglish
FounderAnn Lee
Origin1747; 278 years ago, England
Separated fromReligious Society of Friends
Members3 (2025)[1][2]
Official websitemaineshakers.com
Shakers
Topics
Notable people
Founders

Other members

The Ritual Dance of the Shakers, Shaker Historical Society
The Shakers Harvesting Their Famous Herbs

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s. They were initially known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services.

Espousing egalitarian ideals, the Shakers practice a celibate and communal utopian lifestyle, pacifism, uniform charismatic worship, and their model of equality of the sexes, which they institutionalized in their society in the 1780s. They are also known for their simple living, architecture, technological innovation, music, and furniture. Women took on spiritual leadership roles alongside men, including founding leaders such as Jane Wardley, Ann Lee, and Lucy Wright. The Shakers emigrated from England and settled in British North America, with an initial settlement at Watervliet, New York (present-day Colonie), in 1774.

During the mid-19th century, an Era of Manifestations resulted in a period of dances, gift drawings, and gift songs inspired by spiritual revelations. At its peak in the mid-19th century, there were 2,000–4,000 Shaker believers living in 18 major communities and numerous smaller, often short-lived communities. External and internal societal changes in the mid- and late 19th century resulted in the thinning of the Shaker community as members left or died with few converts to the faith to replace them.

By 1920, there were only 12 Shaker communities remaining in the United States. As of 2019, there is only one active Shaker village: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, in Maine.[3] Consequently, many of the other Shaker settlements are now museums. As of August 2025, there are three members.