Keeping The Faith in Furniture with the Shakers and the Amish- How Religion Influenced Designs in America (part 2)
Monday, July 27th, 2009The Amish arrived in America around 1730. A group of the descendants of the Anabaptists, which include Amish and Mennonites, settled near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. William Penn had began a ‘holy experiment’ in religious tolerance and welcomed these European immigrants. Although the most popularized, the Pennsylvania Amish are not the largest group of U.S. In [...]
