New Yankee Workshop Viewing Schedule


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Saturday,   July 26th

1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)

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Martha's Candlestand

To see Martha Washington’s bedroom, you’ll have to talk to the Ladies of Mount Vernon, who look after the first President’s mansion near the Potomac River. Although not officially on the tour of Mount Vernon, the Ladies agree to take Norm to parts of the old house that the public rarely sees. In one such room, the third floor bedroom that Martha took after George died, Norm comes across a handsome candlestand that sits near the bed. Upon further inspection, he discovers that it is a diminutive, wellcrafted stand complete with a wooden “birdcage” element that allows the tabletop to rotate and flip up for storage. Before he leaves Mount Vernon, Norm works with a sawyer of historic wood, William Jewell, to obtain some cherry (what else?) harvested from one of the estate’s fallen trees.

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Saturday,  August 2nd

1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)

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Dominy Clock

Without dispute, one of the greatest collections of American antiques resides at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. One of the Museum’s most popular displays, the original workshops of the Dominy family, quickly draws Norm’s attention. The Dominys were clock and cabinetmakers who worked in eastern Long Island from the 1730s to the 1830s, creating high-quality clocks and furniture. Norm visits the exhibit and selects a clock, circa 1821, from the Dominy collection to reproduce back in the Workshop. Inspired by the Dominy clock, and up for the woodworking challenge, Norm builds his own simple tall case clock out of poplar and paints it to resemble the original.

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All scheduled dates and times are subject to change.