Dressing Table - Part 1

Summary Norm visits the fabulous Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Built in 1880 by George Washington Vanderbilt, the 250-room French Renaissance-inspired chateau boasts a stunning collection of fine furniture including original Sheraton and Chippendale. Among the collection, Norm discovers a sophisticated mahogany dressing table with a foldaway mirror and graceful turned legs that he decides to replicate in The New Yankee Workshop. In the second of two episodes devoted to the making of an heirloom-quality dressing table found among the famed Biltmore Estate's collection, viewers find Norm in a national forest in North Carolina. There he learns how the U.S. Forest Service regulates the flow of timber to end users. Afterwards he goes behind-the-scenes at a plywood mill in nearby Asheville to see how high-quality plywood is made.

S13.E8 ∙ Dressing Table - Part 1

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Norm Abram Bill Wallick Gary Sullivan Leigh Keno

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 23, 2001

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage

Language : English

Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

Summary Norm visits the fabulous Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Built in 1880 by George Washington Vanderbilt, the 250-room French Renaissance-inspired chateau boasts a stunning collection of fine furniture including original Sheraton and Chippendale. Among the collection, Norm discovers a sophisticated mahogany dressing table with a foldaway mirror and graceful turned legs that he decides to replicate in The New Yankee Workshop. In the second of two episodes devoted to the making of an heirloom-quality dressing table found among the famed Biltmore Estate's collection, viewers find Norm in a national forest in North Carolina. There he learns how the U.S. Forest Service regulates the flow of timber to end users. Afterwards he goes behind-the-scenes at a plywood mill in nearby Asheville to see how high-quality plywood is made.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 23, 2001

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage

Language : English

Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

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