Figure 2 Thomas Middleton, Friends and Amateurs in Musick, Charleston, 1827. Wash drawing with touches of white on paper. (Courtesy, Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association, gift of Henry Cheves.) This 1827 drawing of Arthur Middleton’s house depicts an elite Charleston interior with its large painting collection and inherited furniture from earlier periods. The rush-seated fancy chairs and sideboard are typical of northern furniture shipped to Charleston from 1810 to 1840.