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 ...

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 ...

Ross Timberlake marks out a table at his Bethel furniture shop. The S. Timberlake Shaker and custom furniture company of Bethel provides visitors and customers a view of how wood is transformed into ...

Though the faith currently comprises one active community with two congregants, Shakerism’s ideals have found new acolytes in the food, fashion, art and design worlds. By Christopher Barnard In August ...