The Shaker Chair by Charles R Muller & Timothy D Rieman CROSTHWAITE

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The Shaker Chair by Charles R Muller & Timothy D Rieman CROSTHWAITETable of Contents For well over a century, the world has noted the distinctive chairs made by Shaker communities throughout the eastern United States. A writer for House Beautiful suggested at the beginning of the twentieth century that "If you own a Shaker chair, preserve it with great care, for it will soon be considered an antique, and a rare one at that." In this definitive book, that statement is verified as the authors examine in depth the