Shaker style: nothing is for decoration alone

A piece of Shaker-style furniture: slender proportions, straight lines, completely devoid of carving and moldings. Every element has a practical reason – the horizontal slats of the chair back are for support, the slender turned posts are for lightness, and the mushroom-shaped finials at the top are for hanging on a wall-mounted peg rail. The wood is light-colored maple or cherry, stained with water-based pigments in a faint ochre red or blue, the stain thin enough for the wood grain to show through completely. The surface is finished only with shellac. On the adjacent wall, there is a continuous wooden peg rail, with another identical chair hanging on it. Plain white wall background. Avoid: adding any carving or decorative moldings, using dark heavy finishes, making the proportions bulky, omitting the wall-mounted peg rail.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一件夏克教派風格的家具:比例修長、線條筆直、完全沒有雕刻與線腳。每一個元素都有實用的理由——椅背的橫木是為了支撐、細長的旋木立柱是為了輕、頂端的蘑菇狀小圓頭是為了掛在牆上的木釘條上。木材是淺色的楓木或櫻桃木,以水性色料染成淡淡的赭紅或藍,染料薄到木紋完全透出來。表面只上蟲膠。旁邊的牆上有一道連續的木釘條,掛著另一張同款的椅子。素樸的白牆背景。避免:加入任何雕刻或裝飾線腳、使用深色濃厚的塗裝、比例做得粗壯、省略牆上的木釘條。