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The Shops at Winterthur
- Acknowledgements
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Home
The Dominy Family
- Dominy Homestead & Shops
East Hampton
Tools of the Trade
- Woodworking Tools
- Clockmaking Tools
Products of the Shops
- Furniture
- Clocks
- Carpentry
- Millwrights
- Wheelwrights
- Farming
The Shops at Winterthur
- Acknowledgements
- Resources

Yardstick & Ruler

Nathaniel IV made most of his yardsticks and rulers; it was not until a generation later that professional rule makers, like the Belcher Brothers, of New York City, began to make machine-made measured instruments available.²⁹⁵

Winterthur’s Dominy Clock Shop and Woodworking Shop are reconstructions of shops used by the Dominy family, four generations of craftsmen who worked in East Hampton, New York, from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. This collection provides a rare opportunity to glimpse a typical working environment of rural craftsmen active two centuries ago.

Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes reveals the beguiling tales of over 40 forgeries and counterfeit objects of all types. This exhibitions questions: Do we see what we think we see? Is it real or fake?

This exhibition is on display in the Winterthur Galleries from April 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018.

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Exhibition Bibliography

Yardstick & Ruler

Nathaniel IV made most of his yardsticks and rulers; it was not until a generation later that professional rule makers, like the Belcher Brothers, of New York City, began to make machine-made measured instruments available.295

Nathaniel IV made most of his yardsticks and rulers; it was not until a generation later that professional rule makers, like the Belcher Brothers, of New York City, began to make machine-made measured instruments available.²⁹⁵