Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon holds in its collection a generous variety of sieves. The smallest, under two inches in diameter, with a mesh of finely woven silk, was used to sift out impurities from medicinal powders. It is the largest sieve in the collection, however, t...

Seed Loft Sieve, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY, Ca. 1840, Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon: 1962/13809.1. John Mulligan, photographer. Sieves of all sizes were made, sold, and used by the Shakers at Mount Lebanon beginning as early as 1810. They were made with bentwood rims...