SHAKER FURNITURE: THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNAL SECT by Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews (With a gift inscription from artist Helen McCausland Kentor to her sister and American art critic and writer Elizabeth McCausland)

Yale University Press, 1939, First edition, second printing, 133 pp., 9" X 11 1/4", Hardcover

Very good (with a gift inscription from artist Helen McCausland Kentor to her sister, American art critic, writer and partner of Berenice Abbott, Elizabeth McCausland)

Forty-seven full page plates with descriptions follow a lengthy introduction on all aspects of Shaker craftsmanship. 

Contents Include: Preface; Shaker Chronology; Introduction - Shaker Craftsmanship, Its Cultural background; Shaker Furniture, Its Essential Character; the Craftsmen of the Sect; Shaker Houses and Shops; Conclusion; The Plates - Descriptions; Tables, Chairs and Benches; Stands; Case-Furniture; Sewing Stands; Writing-Desks; Beds and Cots; Clocks; Oval Boxes, Small Cabinetwork and Woodenware; Shop Furniture; Appendices - The Shaker Chair Industry; Notes on Benjamin and Isaac Youngs, Shaker Clockmakers; Notes on Construction, Materials and Finishes; Bibliography; and Index. 

Scarce in the early Yale University press edition.