Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Date
before 1863
Medium
stucco , plaster of Paris and paint on cement
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 6 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (9.1 × 17.5 × 5 cm)
Description
A molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina. The fragment is from a horizontal architectural element of a building. It has a cement body with a decorative plaster of Paris surface layer that is finished in gray paint. The back of the fragment is covered with sandy colored stucco. The profile of the fragment is wide at the top and narrows towards the base. It has a flat top above a fillet with two large cavetto moldings below, separated by a thumb molding at the center. The flat top of the fragment is mostly intact and its bottom and side edges are broken and jagged. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R168], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted in the bottom left corner of the fragment’s decorative side. There is an “X” written in graphite on the decorative surface, near the bottom right.
Place used
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
moldings and molding components: architectural
Topic
American South
Architecture
Building Arts
Skilled labor
Slavery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.108.21.39
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f52807e7-2274-47c8-9207-d875c8b9c023

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