{"id":2386,"date":"2022-06-05T21:51:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T21:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference2023.com\/?page_id=2386"},"modified":"2022-08-21T21:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T21:19:24","slug":"shaker-textiles-with-an-emphasis-on-rugs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/shaker-textiles-with-an-emphasis-on-rugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaker Textiles with an Emphasis on Rugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Dunning-Shaker-Rug-Class-Photo-1.jpg?resize=533%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Dunning-Shaker-Rug-Class-Photo-1.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Dunning-Shaker-Rug-Class-Photo-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many are familiar with Shaker chairs or buildings, but the Shakers also applied their fundamental principles of utility, simplicity and proportion to textiles. Their weaving traditions include poplar cloth for baskets, bonnets and fans, utilitarian cloth for their own use, heavy fulled wool Dorothy cloaks that they wore and sold, and simple but unique rag rugs that still delight hand weavers today. We will consider hand woven textiles from several Shaker museum collections, with a special focus on the unique aspects of Shaker rugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leader: <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/melissa-dunning\/\">Melissa Weaver Dunning<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a03 Hours<br><strong>Level:<\/strong>\u00a0All<br><strong><strong><strong>Student supplies to bring:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0None<br><strong>Materials Fee:<\/strong>\u00a0$0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many are familiar with Shaker chairs or buildings, but the Shakers also applied their fundamental principles of utility, simplicity and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/shaker-textiles-with-an-emphasis-on-rugs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shaker Textiles with an Emphasis on Rugs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfrlhq-Cu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2386\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}