The Shaker Collection of Erhart Muller
Description:
Group of Books on the Shakers,Shaker Furniture, by Edward and Faith Andrews (second printing); Chosen Land: The Sabbathday Lake Shakers, Photographs by Stephen Guion Williams; Recapturing Wisdom's Valley The Watervliet Shaker Heritage, 1775-1975, by Dorothy M. Filley; Shaker Adventure, by Marguerite Fellows Melcher; Shaker Woodenware Volume I, by June Sprigg and Jim Johnson; The Gift to be Simple, by Edward D. Andrews; Gleanings From Old Shaker Journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears, signed by the author; The Shaker Cook Book, by Caroline B. Piercy; The Earth Shall Blossom, by Galen Beale and Mary Rose Boswell; The Shakers and Their Homes, by Charles Edson Robinson; The Harvard Shakers, by Janet Streeter Fowke and James McMurtry Longo; The Community Industries of The Shakers, by Edward D. Andrews; Shaker Sonnets, by Benjamin Collins Woodbury, 1947; The Shakers A Brief Summary, by John S. Williams; The New York State Museum's Historical Survey and Collection of The New York Shakers, 1941, by Charles C. Adams, Ph.D.; and The Shaker Order of Christmas, 1969.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Charles C. Adams, Jim Johnson, John S. Williams, Marguerite Fellows Melcher, Mary Rose Boswell, Stephen Guion Williams, James McMurtry Longo, Janet Streeter Fowke, Charles Edson Robinson, Dorothy M. Filley, Benjamin Collins Woodbury, Caroline B. Piercy, Edward D. Andrews, June Sprigg, Galen Beale, Edward Andrews, Faith AndrewsStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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