*Martins' family kitchen, painted a traditional 18th century blue.

*Grand Union (flag of the Colonies) crossed with South Carolina State Flag of 1776 (the Liberty Flag). Set Decorating manufactured virtually all the flags used in the filming of "The Patriot", workig extensively with Dr. Whitney Smith of the Flag Research Center in Winchester, MA., to assure absolute authenticity.

*A notice board, featuring period paperwork, was posed outside the tavern in Pembroke.

*Some of the Windsor-style chairs on his grande lathe.

*Part of the extensive collection of 18th century lighting fixtures purchased and manufactured exclusively for the filming the majority of research on early lighting devices came as a result of a visit to the Smithsonian Institution.

*Reproduction of an 18th century embroiderer's lamp built for "The Patriot" by Old Salem Village in Winston-Salem, NC. The glass balls filled with water act as magnifiers for the light from the central candle, making intricate work possible at low light.

*The extensive collection of tree-trunk barrels, mortar and pestles, colonial baskets, perioc ironware, and early American and African influenced pottery for use in the Gullah community scenes.

*All 18th Century dry goods were shipped in hickory-branded barrels, constructed by the village cooper. Barrels were purchased brom the Jack Daniels distillery, then wrapped using resin molded "hickory" branding.

*Garden ornaments manufactured for Middleton Plantation (the ball scene) based on examples seen at Colonial Williamsburg.

*The imposing armchair (c. 1735) known as the Speaker's Chair - an exact copy of the one used in the Virginia House of Burgesses, it was the focal point of the Assembly Hall. The original can be seen at the DeWitt-Wallace Gallery in Williamsburg, VA.

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