NEW YORK (AP) - The Shakers, an industrious and pious New England sect that rose to prominence in the 19th century but whose membership has now dwindled from thousands to three, have long had an ...

Admittedly, there was more to the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing than pegs, ladder-back chairs and quilts. The Shakers, as they were otherwise known, were an English ...

PITTSFIELD — Hancock Shaker Village explores the continuing influence of Shaker design and aesthetic on contemporary artists with a series of four art installations. The installations by American ...

Eighteenth-century Shakers put contemporary minimalists to shame. Members of this religious sect based in upstate New York and Western Massachusetts were adamant that form follow function: a chair was ...

Far more than a furniture style, Shakerism represented an all-consuming belief system rooted in celibacy, community, and ...

Simple, practical, and easily-adaptable design was a hallmark of the religious group known as the Shakers, as Richard Schlesinger tells us: At the Hancock Shaker Village in far western Massachusetts, ...

The 12 Shaker design stamps feature photographs by Michael Freeman and the pane selvage features a black-and-white photograph by Samuel Kravitt of Brother Ricardo Belden (1868–1958) in his workshop at ...

CLEVELAND — As Shaker Square approaches its 90th birthday, designs for a new future of the iconic neighborhood have been unveiled. “This is Shaker Square," a nine-month planning, design, and strategic ...