Shakers sang of "simple gifts" but there was nothing simple about the furniture in a Massachusetts sale. This ladder back rocking chair has classic Shaker lines has a number to indicate the room where it belonged and mushroom caps on the curved arms that tell which community made it. Rock, roll or shake on over to the article for prices and more pieces.
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