You probably already know this but it was a pretty well-acknowledged tradition amongst Shaker craftsmen (and women!) to deliberately make one mistake in each quilt or chair or table or etc they made. I think it was religiously motivated in that attempting perfection seen as being too prideful or an attempt to ape God (as the creator).
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Date: 2012-06-09 05:41 pm (UTC)