”There were no extra turnings, no enhanced carvings, nothing extraneous. They took the essence of a chair, for example, and reduced it to its ‘chairness.”’ – Richard Russo, a dealer in East Chatham, N.Y. (via NYTimes)I’ve been a big fan of Shaker design ever since I first visited my friend’s family, whose great grandparents purchased a small, decommissioned Shaker Village in the Berkshires in the early 1900’s.