In only one room at Hancock Village did we walk into a sudden blaze of color. This room showed not the typical colors that filled the rooms when the village closed in 1960, but the typical colors earlier in the 1830's. It seems that historians were able to see down through a few layers of paint and uncover a much funkier, happier past. You can read more below on the big pic panel that tells the story.
Vow ! the sudden blasts of colour look very nice.
In fact the french institute on E6 0th street have been painted with different colours in the same room, assymetrically painted walls and door trims ! it is a masterful display of painting the walls - each wall looks like a sculpture of painted art.
the Shaker's are so often misunderstood
yes, they were a little odd, the no procreation thing and the dancing thing.
Here's a few other things you might not know about them:
They invented the packaged seed.
Their food was often as brilliant as this room (if you're into cooking there are some great out of print shaker cookbooks out there that are TOTALLY worth hunting down) and they were only vegetarians for a short time.
And at least at the original village in Watervliet, they bought a herd of studebakers, b/c they believed that efficiency brings one closer to god, apparently they felt taht studebakers were much more efficient than horses ;-)
tis' a gift to be colorful too! thanks for sharing your photos
Wow. What great color. I'd never known. I've only ever seen Shaker furniture or interiors in unfinished wood, or black and white photos. This really puts them in a diferent place. Thank you so much for sharing this.