The New Yankee Workshop - Season 19 - Eps 10: Taunton Chest
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a treasure house of the first order that boasts remarkable collections of early American furniture, including some incomparable pieces by Goddard and Townsend, the famous Colonial-era Rhode Island furniture makers. Norm is drawn to a simple chest that is undergoing laboratory investigation at the museum. Known as the Taunton Chest, the piece was named for the Massachusetts town where Robert Crosman (1710-1799) built it nearly three hundred years ago. This highly decorated small chest is one of only a handful of Crosman originals that remain intact today. One like it was offered by Christie's Auction House not long ago and went for the amazing sum of close to three million. Norm builds his version out of poplar and calls on decorative artist Natalie Gardner to precisely copy the paintwork of the original design.
About The New Yankee Workshop
Title: The New Yankee Workshop
First Air Date: 1989-01-07
Last Air Date: 2009-06-27
Status: Ended
Rating: 10/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 21
Total Episodes: 286
Network: PBS
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House. The series aired for 21 seasons before broadcasting its final episode on June 27, 2009.
Cast
Norm Abram
Host
