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Back when it was created, how much furniture could we be talkin' about? A table, coupla chairs and a bed, maybe? Probably created by some guy who came home drunk one night and had a Helen Keller moment walkin' around in the dark.
Back when it was created, how much furniture could we be talkin' about? A table, coupla chairs and a bed, maybe? Probably created by some guy who came home drunk one night and had a Helen Keller moment walkin' around in the dark.
I dunno - back in the Victorian Era,middle and upper-class houses were much more profusedly furnished than is the current trend: oriental rugs, oil paintings in heavy frames, heavy layers of curtains, what-nots, sideboards, corner cupboards, Jackson presses, sugar chests, parlor sets of one sofa and two upholstered chairs with carved wooden frames, grandfather clocks, solid hard wood bureaus and chests of drawers, beds with huge carved solid oak or walnut headboards, pier mirrors, marble-topped side tables, plus all the frou-frous that sat on all that stuff: antimacassors, needlepointed and embroidered cushions, framed pictures, china and glass bric-a-brac, oil lamps, candlesticks, vases, embroidered crazy quilt throws, and more. Victorian houses were either stimulating as all get-out, or bound to drive the visitor crazy. Sometimes both...
At least the side tables and chairs frequently had castors to make moving them easier.
I guess we need to find out when this so-called Kentucky law was written. It still sounds like netlore to me, but it does provide some amusing "visuals", as you say.
Rofl, if that were a law I would be a Lifer in Prison ~ always moving the furniture around and rearranging things! I would be on the FBI's Most Wanted!
The Shakers were an early to mid-19th century celibate, pacifist, communal Christian sect founded by Mother Ann Lee, an Englishwoman and visionary who migrated to the United States and made many converts. The actual name of the Shakers was the United Society of Believers - they became known as "shaking Quakers" because of their inclusion of rhythmic dance in worship. They first settled in New England, then established villages in Ohio and Kentucky.
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill is close to Harrodsburg and an easy, scenic drive from Lexington - it's a very well-restored Shaker village and a great place to visit, with beautiful original Shaker dwellings and other structures, original Shaker furniture, craft shops, gardens, pastures, and a fine restaurant and overnight accommodations plus a great gift shop. There are also walking trails, a paddlewheeler ride from Shaker Landing on the nearby Kentucky River in season, and special programs and actitities throughout the year.
The Shakers were noted for their achievements in architecture, cabinetry, cookery, farming, animal husbandry, and vegetable and fruit gardening (they sold seeds of extremely high quality to people in "the World", as they termed those not Shakers), and of course, music. Although they only used vocal music in their worshop services, "Simple Gifts" is known world-wide and is the iconic Shaker hymn.
The Shakers increased their numbers by conversion and by taking in orphans and abandoned children, who were treated kindly, educated, and allowed to choose whether or not to remain Shakers when they reached adulthood. Men and women and children lived separately (children with care providers), but came together for fellowship at meals, worship, and in the evenings after the work was done: women on one side of the room, men on the other. They even had separate doors and staircases in their remarkable houses...
There are only a handful of Shakers still living now, all elderly and in New England.
We did the paddleboat ride! Very nice! Good thing to do with kids!
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