The Dower Chest

Summary Pennsylvania Dutch is an endearing style created by early furniture makers. Many pieces of this delightful furniture, painted with colorful primitive design, can be found at the Winterthur estate, in Delware, Henry DuPont's fabulous treasure house of American antiques. With curator Greg Landry, Norm tours the collection and finds an interesting dower chest dating back to 1840. Norm builds his own of tulip poplar and calls on a decorative painter to recreate typical Pennsylvania Dutch artwork.

S16.E6 ∙ The Dower Chest

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Norm Abram Bill Wallick Gary Sullivan Leigh Keno

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 2004

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage

Language : English

Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

Summary Pennsylvania Dutch is an endearing style created by early furniture makers. Many pieces of this delightful furniture, painted with colorful primitive design, can be found at the Winterthur estate, in Delware, Henry DuPont's fabulous treasure house of American antiques. With curator Greg Landry, Norm tours the collection and finds an interesting dower chest dating back to 1840. Norm builds his own of tulip poplar and calls on a decorative painter to recreate typical Pennsylvania Dutch artwork.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 2004

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage

Language : English

Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

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