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Shaker Furniture Made “as if You Had a Thousand Years”

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“Do your work as if you had a thousand years to live and as if you were to die tomorrow.”
The above quote is usually attributed to Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, whose style of furniture lives on even as their sect as dwindled to a few remaining members.  Much of the enduring appeal [...]