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The Chair of Theseus
Adam Savage’s Tested · 9:33
38,411 views · 1,823 likes · Jun 27, 2026
Occasionally -- albeit rarely -- a museum artifact's missing elements can be restored using parts from a historically accurate source, in this case 100-year-old wooden chairs from the Freewill Baptist Church at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Objects conservation fellow Daisy Greenwell shows Adam Savage how she installed chair-back spindles without disturbing the historic chair's back bow …
Occasionally -- albeit rarely -- a museum artifact's missing elements can be restored using parts from a historically accurate source, in this case 100-year-old wooden chairs from the Freewill Baptist Church at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Objects conservation fellow Daisy Greenwell shows Adam Savage how she installed chair-back spindles without disturbing the historic chair's back bow …
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