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Shaker Fancy Goods (Hardcover)
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Shaker Fancy Goods (Hardcover)
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Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the
nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the
economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a
lucrative industry of their own-Fancy Goods, a Victorian term for
small adorned household objects made by women for women. Thanks to
their work ethic, business savvy, and creativity, the tireless
Shaker Sisters turned a seemingly modest trade into the economic
engine that sustained their communal way of life, just as the men
were abandoning the sect for worldly employment. Relying on
journals and church family records that give voice to the
plainspoken accounts of the sisters themselves, the book traces the
work they did to establish their principal revenue streams, from
designing the products, to producing them by hand (and later by
machine, when they could do so without compromising quality) to
bringing their handcrafts to market. Photographs, painstakingly
gathered over years of research from museums and private
collections, present the best examples of these fancy goods. Fancy
goods include the most modest and domestic of items, like the pen
wipes that the Sisters shaped into objects such as dolls, mittens,
and flowers; or the emeries, pincushions, and needle books lovingly
made back in an era when more than a minimal competency in sewing
was expected in women; to more substantial purchases like the
Dorothy cloaks that were in demand among fashionable women of the
world; or the heavy rib-knitted sweaters, cardigans, and pullovers
that became popular items among college boys and adventurous women.
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