Mount Vernon’s most ambitious restoration has cost $40 million and is about to be completed with an unusual finding: a fork with ivory handle hidden between the walls. Since 2019, the conservation team has stripped away the stays of George Washington’s mansion in Virginia to return them to their original state of 1799, the year the first president of the United States passed away. The techniques employed have not only recovered wallpapers and hi…
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Mount Vernon’s most ambitious restoration has cost $40 million and is about to be completed with an unusual finding: a fork with ivory handle hidden between the walls. Since 2019, the conservation team has stripped away the stays of George Washington’s mansion in Virginia to return them to their original state of 1799, the year the first president of the United States passed away. The techniques employed have not only recovered wallpapers and hi…