Shaker Boxes: The Beauty of Function
Shaker oval box, three fingers, small copper tacks, wooden pegs, original cherry red paint, (two small cracks), northeastern U.S., 1800s, 4 1/4 by 10 1/4 by 7 3/16 in., $1,188.
Nesting boxes like oval Shaker boxes have been used in home decorating trends for decades. Yet the purpose of the boxes made by the religious Shaker settlers of the 19th century was utilitarian. They were used for storage, not display or decoration. A recent sale at New Haven Auctions of Branford, Connecticut, featured eight examples […]