Shaker-style pantry box

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."

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.

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

• Steam bending
• Joseph Wolfinger, maker of round wooden cheese boxes.
• Magewappa

• Handberg, Ejner P. (2007). Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture. Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Countryman Press. ISBN 978-0881507775.