Shaker-style pantry box

The tradition & historical record

The Shaker-style pantry box is a round bentwood box made by hand. Such boxes are "associated with Shaker folklife because they express the utility and uniformity valued in Shaker culture." ¹

Shaker boxes were traditionally finished with milk paint made from milk casein, tinted with earth pigments. Milk paint is incredibly durable, lasting hundreds of years when used indoors. ¹

The concept continues to be meticulously honored by modern woodworkers, who are aware of the difficult process involved. ¹

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Shaker-style pantry box”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. ¹

Shaker-style pantry box is round bentwood box made by hand, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. ²