You're thinking of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, or
MESDA, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  It's a wonderful place.

On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Christine Mouw wrote:

> Last night a friend asked me which museum in the south specializes in
> southern decorative arts.  She remembered it as being sort of a
> Winterthur of the south and thought it might be in North Carolina.

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