Mennonite Furniture: The Ontario Tradition in York County

The art, architecture and furniture of Ontario s Mennonite settlers reflected the deep convictions of these law-abiding, profoundly religious and pacifist people. Among the earliest settlers of Ontario s Niagara and York County regions, Mennonites brought to Canada a long rural tradition of building, furniture making and folk art. These ideas inspired the houses and farms they built and the production of a great variety of furniture, and informed the emergence of a style rooted in Germany and Pennsylvania, but clearly modified by the Ontario experience. "Mennonite Furniture" is a well-illustrated examination of an unmistakeable nineteenth century Ontario style of domestic construction and ornament.Musson, Patricia is the author of 'Mennonite Furniture: The Ontario Tradition in York County' with ISBN 9780888621498 and ISBN 0888621493.