Red Oak Shaker Baby Cradle

comments (1) April 29th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

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I obtained a book entitled The American Shakers and Their Furniture, copyright 1971, published by John G. Shea.  When our first grandchild was on his way, I decided to make a family heirloom to be passed down thru time.  It was made from quarter sawn red oak from a local Columbia County sawmill.


Design or Plan used: Shaker Cradle from the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, New York
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oldfarmboy oldfarmboy writes: Many years ago during my pathology residency, I saw a very similar Shaker cradle in a private collection. That cradle had a bonnet over the head end of the cradle. Looking headon it was a semicircle with a smaller semicircle at the head end. The piece away from the end was sawn pine in a partial circle about 1.5 inches in widthwith two thin 1/4 to 3/8 bent pine pieces almost meeting at the center. A separate slat held them together and kept them in alighment in the midline. It looked like a woman's bonnet. Thats what I remember and may not be correct.

Sam
Posted: 12:00 pm on May 7th

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