Maybe today has been just a little too gray and rainy, because I found myself browsing through some pictures of our trip to the U.S. last summer. We had lots of beach and sunshine and we visited the Hancock Shaker Village.
It’s a very beautiful, and peaceful place.
- Hancock Shaker Village view from the entrance
There was a bedroom where they used paint analysis to discover the original colours used. All of the wood in this room had been painted in reds, blues and fantastic yellow from the floor through to the skirting and window frames.
- Hancock Shaker Village painted bedroom
Of course the Shakers used peg rails every where. This one was tucked into a little hallway and had was painted with the same colour as the wall. It had a 100 year+ burnished patina of the linseed oil that was probably used to protect the casein based paint that was commonly used during this period. The colour was a beautiful soft blue/grey.
Hancock Shaker Village Shaker peg rail
