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These are from a visit to a friend's house in the Berkshires and the amazing Shaker village up in Pittsfield, MA. I've been there once before, back in 2006, but I've got a much better camera now.

Here they are again, this time, with one hanging on the wall - Hancock Shaker Village

Sara and I really liked this type of webbing, called Hancock Shaker Village

In one of the bedrooms of the main house, you can see two taller chairs and a tall rocker - Hancock Shaker Village

This bench was in the village museum, and was absolutely beautiful. Look at the deep seat, the low profile and the marking on the seat. This could have easily doubled as a bed - Hancock Shaker Village

Detail - Hancock Shaker Village

A lovely pic of a typical tall ladder back chair - Shaker House

Tall stool - Shaker House

Dining room with large collection of small scale, original Shaker chairs. Perfect and comfortable, the small scale allows for many to get tight around the table. Most Shaker chairs that you see nowadays are what they call a #5 (see background), which means they are significantly bigger. We think these would be a #4. Also note the woven back and seat. They did not use the typical checkerboard pattern, but wove a much more interesting off weave pattern. - Shaker House

Small Dining Chair with woven back (37h back x 18h seat, 17w seat front x 14w seat back x 13.5 deep) - Shaker House

Antique rocker - Shaker House

New Ladder Back chairs against red table woven in blue and white - Shaker House Antique chairs, rocker and high back - Shaker House

Low Webbed Back Rocker (35h seat back x 26d front to back of feet, 17w seat front x 15w seat back x 15deep) - Shaker House

Webbing patterns change dramatically with differing colors and arrangements. The chairs in the back here are new and the one in the foreground is old - Shaker House

>> HancockShakerVillage.org in Pittsfield, MA
>> House Tour: Shaker House in Berkshires
>> Shaker Scale: Table & Chairs

Good New Shaker Chair Sources:

• Shaker Workshops in Ashburnham, MA
• S. Timberlake & Company of Bethel, ME
• Shaker Furniture of Goshen, IN
• ShakerStyle.com
• Shaker View Furniture of Oxford, ME
• Shaker Furniture by Vermont Woodworkers

Previous Hancock Village Posts:

• Look! Shaker Organization in Hancock Village by Sarah Coffey
• Look! Shaker Peg Rails in Hancock Village by Maxwell
• Color Combo: Shaker Yellow with Natural Wood by Sarah Coffey
• Look! Black Shaker Floors by Maxwell