One of many Shaker pieces to be featured at our Shaker Auction:  Antique Shaker Furniture -

     Lot 50. Shaker Blanket chest in the original chrome yellow paint, Mt Lebanon, NY,

      previously exhibited at the Shakers, an Exhibition Concerning their Furniture Artifacts and Religion...Hartford, 1975.

     (Ed Clerk Collection) Classic Shaker community rocking chair  from Watervliet, NY, circa 1830,maple and tiger maple in original finish,  

     from the Gus Nelson Collection,  as well as a New Lebanon cupboard over drawers. Many other pieces from collections include examples

    Shaker of basketry from another prominent collector/scholar,  a partial collection of Shaker antiques from the Enfield, Conn. Community with 

    direct provenance from a consignor whose mother lived with the Shakers.