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The New Yankee Workshop Season 8 Episode 3

The owners of this unusual table, Jack and Jamie of Schramsberg Vineyards in Calistoga, California, told Norm that it was originally a Mexican paymaster’s table, carried on horseback, and used to pay groups of laborers on site. Built of recycled pine, the desk functions quite well today as an end table – and conversation piece. The desk has splayed legs with a stretcher and a two-sided pull-through drawer once used for holding money.

Episode Title: Paymaster's Desk

Air Date: 1996-01-20