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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4378968, member: 5066&quot;]Yeah, that is pretty thin to attribute to Shaker and, there should be a Shaker village attached to the Shaker piece as there are differences in how each village constructed their furniture.</p><p>The Shaker furniture built in Enfield NH is different than the Shaker furniture built in Canterbury NH for example. Similar but not the same, if this makes any sense.</p><p>Another thing I notice, the drawer front has a &quot;scratch bead&quot; detail, this is a &quot;decoration&quot; that generally speaking, the Shakers frowned upon.&nbsp; With Shaker, you usually see a straight edge without that extra detail.</p><p>Ditto the dovetails, with Shaker they are &quot;perfect&quot; or nearly so as they took great pride in flawless woodworking skills. When marketing their furniture, Shakers trumpeted their attention to detail and quality in an era when mass-produced furniture was synonymous with shoddy construction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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