Stillness and Light: The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture

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StillneSS light I n d I a n a U n I v e r s I t y P r e s s B l o o m I n g t o n • I n d I a n a P o l I s The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture Henry Plummer StillneSS light This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2009 by Henry Plummer All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Plummer, Henry, [date] Stillness and light : the silent eloquence of Shaker architecture / Henry Plummer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35362-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Shaker architecture. 2. Light in architecture. I. Title. NA710.P59 2009 720.88’2898—dc22 2008051743 1 2 3 4 5 14 13 12 11 10 09 to t e memory o Minor White tea
 er and rIend & For Patty k  o ma• es It PossIBle to dream God is a Fountain of perfect light. —Mother Ann Lee The light which is established in the heavens or invisible world, is closely connected with the light which is established on earth; and they who walk in the light which is manifest on earth, are compassed about by those who walk in the same light, although in the invisible world. —Shaker medium Paulina Bates,  ...