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This coral silk and chiffon cocktail dress would have been just... 27 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
This coral silk and chiffon cocktail dress would have been just the right thing to wear to an end-of-summer soiree in 1945. Made by Lee Claire of New York and sold by the fashionable dress shop Margar...
lowcountrydigitallibrary: On August 5, 2002 divers freed the... 26 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
lowcountrydigitallibrary: On August 5, 2002 divers freed the U.S.S. Monitor from its’ watery grave of 140 years. The Monitor sank on December 30, 1862 in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina whi...
lowcountrydigitallibrary: Harper’s Weekly. "[Color image.]... 24 Aug 2013 | 06:48 am
lowcountrydigitallibrary: Harper’s Weekly. "[Color image.] Caption: ‘The house-tops in Charleston during the bombardment of Sumter.’ [full date May 4, 1861.]" Photograph from the Charleston Museum ...
In 1910, the heirs of Dr. Edmund Ravenel gave the Museum these... 23 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
In 1910, the heirs of Dr. Edmund Ravenel gave the Museum these scientific illustrations as part of a larger bequest. Edmund Ravenel (1797-1871) was a physician, professor and a naturalist, particula...
Officer’s small sword with leather scabbard UnmarkedContinental... 21 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
Officer’s small sword with leather scabbard Unmarked Continental Europe 1750-80 Small swords – so called because of their diminutive and dainty appearance when compared to other war sabers of the t.....
The many shades of indigo dye are beautifully evident in this... 20 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
The many shades of indigo dye are beautifully evident in this embroidered coverlet fragment. Probably dating to the early 19th century, the stitches used include tambour stitch, satin stitch, chain st...
Baseball, historically recognized as the national sport of the... 16 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
Baseball, historically recognized as the national sport of the United States, has continued to grow in popularity with leagues found worldwide. It has permeated pop culture through items like cigaret...
Minie Balls UnmarkedAmerican1861-65In 1849, an officer in the... 14 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
Minie Balls Unmarked American 1861-65 In 1849, an officer in the French Army named Claude Etienne Minié developed this simple projectile and subsequently changed warfare forever. In what would become...
The Riviera quilt1995Nan Tournier In 1995, The Gibbes Museum of... 13 Aug 2013 | 01:34 am
The Riviera quilt 1995 Nan Tournier In 1995, The Gibbes Museum of Art mounted an exhibition of contemporary quilts and wall hangings based on a collaboration of quilters and architects. Nan Tournier,...
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith was an artist of Charleston’s... 9 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith was an artist of Charleston’s Renaissance. Born in Charleston in 1876, she was the daughter of historian, Daniel Elliot Huger Smith (better known as D.E.H. Smith) with whom ...
