Behind the Scenes: Costumes, Sets and Props

Mercy Street
Learn about the show's accurate medical procedures, style, etiquette and more.

Mercy Street brings together a world-class production team with an impressive variety of film and television credits and countless experiences that the team brought to the show’s Virginia sets. 

Slideshow: Season 2 Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Slideshow: Season 2 Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Go on set of Mercy Street Season 2 and see behind-the-scenes photos of the stars and crew.

Costumes and Sketches

Costumes and Sketches

Amy Andrews Harrell and her team delivered a brilliant array of looks, textures and colors that are as varied as the characters who inhabit them.

Props

Props

Prop Master Kelly Farrah has been a Civil War re-enactor for more than two decades. Mercy Street, however, was the first time Farrah had worked in the Civil War medical space.

Production Design

Production Design

Production Designer Stephen Marsh feels that he’s done his work right if people don’t notice the sets are designed at all. For him, audiences should be taking it all in as real.

Sets

Sets

Marthe Pineau, the Set Decorator, is the tireless force behind so many of the details that help everyone involved with the show do more than suggest the world of 1862.

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