This residence in Charleston, located in a building dating from 1816, is filled with rich historic details. The client, an art dealer, makes his home here above a ground floor gallery, originally a cabinetmaker’s shop, where he often organizes shows and displays important pieces of Southern Art. The interiors are particularly refined with 12-foot ceilings, high windows and much of the original architectural detailing present. The woodwork is in the local vernacular, a style sometimes called chip work, and was carefully cleaned and repainted with colors suggested by an analysis of the original paint colors. We also used a documentary wallpaper from an historic New Orleans house of the same date to help us in our study. The mahogany faux-graining on the doors and baseboards were also carefully cleaned and restored. The client wanted a historically sensitive restoration to honor the beauty of the rooms and to display sympathetically some of his paintings along with an important group of antiques. This was especially observed when restoring the American sofa attributed to Samuel McIntire. Here we worked to recreate the neo-classic line intended by the furniture maker with a correct foundation, and modern replica of a 19th-century wool moreen covering it. The swag curtains, also archeologically correct, are based on a 19th-century example found in the neighboring Nathaniel Russell House.