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How did Quakers reconcile their belief in plain living with their appreciation of fine material goods?

About the Author

Emma Jones Lapsansky is Professor of History and Curator, Special Collections, Haverford College. Anne A. Verplanck is Curator of Prints and Paintings, Winterthur Museum.

Reviews

"An impressive and thought-provoking book of excellent scholarship."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography "This anthology of case studies ... challenges conventional notions of the Society of Friends as theologically bound to plainness, showing the great variety of expression, decoration, and response to changing tastes as both makers and users of material goods."--Choice