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This year’s Charleston Art & Antiques Forum, By George!, celebrates 300 years of Georgian art and design. The Georgian period takes its name from the four British King Georges who…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall

Join us as scholars and thought leaders from across the nation travel to Charleston for the launch of the new Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series—fascinating presentations related to colonial history…

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A Rich and Varied Culture, Collections, Event

One of four Delft tiles from the Drayton Hall Collection that are on display at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in the new exhibit, A Rich and Varied Culture:…

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A Rich and Varied Culture, Collections, Event

This rare, English-made desk and bookcase (c. 1745) is the most significant piece of furniture in Drayton Hall’s collection. Described by Ronald L. Hurst, Vice President, Collections, Conservation, and Museums…

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A Rich and Varied Culture, Event

This decorative stair bracket is mahogany with vermillion translucent paint. Intricately carved with squash blossom, bell flower and acorn details, it became detached from the main staircase where all but…

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A Rich and Varied Culture, Collections, Conservation, Event, Research

One of two significant pieces of British furniture placed on loan to Colonial Williamsburg for the new exhibit A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South (officially…

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