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The Brethren's Workshop
North Family Brethren’s Workshop, Mount Lebanon Shaker Village. September 23, 2016. Rrom the series “Shadows of the Shakers” by Benjamin Swett. This past summer and fall, photographer Benjamin Swett spent time at Mount Lebanon photographing the landscape and i...
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Reproducing a ca. 1820 rocking chair
Rocking Chair, Enfield, Connecticut, ca. 1820s, Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon, 1993.1.24. Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon has partnered with Tappan Chairs in New Hampshire, to offer a limited edition handmade reproduction of one of the rocking chairs in its collection. This...
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