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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4380701, member: 5066&quot;]Another thing that should be noted here, Shakers in the West, (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) were far away from church elders in the East &amp; it&#039;s very possible more &quot;liberties&quot; were taken with design issues. These villages were largely populated by southerners and came from a different background than the eastern communities.</p><p>Another issue was the Shakers in Union Village purchased much furniture from the &quot;world&quot; (outsiders) so hard to figure out what exactly is what, furniture-wise. Their businesses tended toward &quot;farms and industries which included broom making, garden seeds, medicinal herbs and extracts&quot;. Did the western villages have furniture factories as they did in the east? I don&#039;t know but I kind of doubt it.</p><p>New research is needed and being done but still, a long way to go on that front.</p><p>The Magazine Antiques published an article about the western villages this year, it is not definitive but HEY! It&#039;s a start!</p><p><a href="https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/current-and-coming-kentucky-shakers-at-the-speed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/current-and-coming-kentucky-shakers-at-the-speed/" rel="nofollow">https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/current-and-coming-kentucky-shakers-at-the-speed/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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