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Needs. Now it is my pleasure to introduce ronald l. Hurst the Vice President of conservation of museums and the chief cura curator. It goes without saying that ron plays a significant leadership role at williamsburg directing initiatives across the foundation and importantly expanding Decorative Arts research. Drayton halls staff is particularly happy to have him here this evening. What began as a series of correspondence grew to Collaborative Research and then finally the 27 objects from drayton hall. Ron has helped contexturalize the architecture of the hall. Ladies and gentlemen, lets give a warm welcome to ron hurst. Thank you, and everyone, im so pleased to be in charleston. I never miss an opportunity to come to the holy city, it is one of those very special places, whether youre interested in histor historic ar chitecture or not. For many people, the popular image stops there. While all of these elements are in fact a part of the early south story, the full picture is so much ri
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