*Submit a question by 8/11!* Upcoming interview with Virginia Theerman, Curator of Historic Textiles at the Charleston Museum

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Hello!

I have exciting news that next week I will be interviewing Virginia Theerman, Curator of Historic Textiles at the Charleston Museum!

In this upcoming interview, I would like to continue to feature reader questions.

Please reply to this email by this Sunday, 8/11 to submit a question for Virginia Theerman on the important work she is doing to preserve historic textiles at the Charleston Museum.

Here is Virginia’s bio & some insight into her many projects at Drayton Hall:

Virginia Theerman, Curator of Historic Textiles at The Charleston Museum, holds a Bachelor of Science Dual Degree in Art History and Design & Merchandising, as well as a Master of Arts from Fashion Institute of Technology in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, and Museum Practice. With prior experience at the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, she joined The Charleston Museum in April of 2020. Theerman cares for a collection of approximately 10,000 costume and textile objects, and her work encompasses the realms of traditional curatorship, as well as exhibition design and public programming. Her recent research subjects include identifying tortoiseshell using UV light, as well as the early 20th century men’s suiting.

Also, I will be asking Virginia specifically about this beautiful “Robe à la Française” dress worn by South Carolina Founding Mother, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, that is housed in the Charleston Museum collection. The dress has a wonderful story, as told by Virginia in the video below. Please let me know if you have a question related to this dress as well.

Full length photograph of Eliza Lucas Pinckney Dress, ca. 1753, courtesy of The Charleston Museum.

Yours truly,

Kate

(Writing from Greenville, SC)