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Look Back: Colonial Williamsburg Cabinetmakers and Wheelwrights

  • Williamsburg's master cabinetmaker, Wright Horne, rubs down a pair of...

    Joe Fudge / Daily Press

    Williamsburg's master cabinetmaker, Wright Horne, rubs down a pair of carved sitting stools he made in 1981.

  • John Boag hammers a metal rim onto a wooden carriage...

    Karen deWysocki / Daily Press

    John Boag hammers a metal rim onto a wooden carriage wheel during a wheelwrighting demonstration at Carter's Grove in 2000.

  • From left, William Gore, Dave Savedge, and Richard Peeling carry...

    Karen deWysocki / Daily Press

    From left, William Gore, Dave Savedge, and Richard Peeling carry a metal rim just removed from a fire to fit it on a wooden carriage wheel during a wheelwrighting demonstration at Carter's Grove in 2000.

  • Colonial Williamsburg employees, from left, William Gore, Dave Savedge (standing...

    Karen deWysocki / Daily Press

    Colonial Williamsburg employees, from left, William Gore, Dave Savedge (standing in background), Richard Peeling and Stephan Southard pour water on a metal rim just fitted to a wooden carriage wheel during a wheelwrighting demonstration at Carters Grove Plantation in 2000.

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