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 , hair , plaster of Paris and paint on portland cement
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (19.5 × 19.3 × 8.5 cm)
Description
A molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina. The fragment is from a horizontal architectural element of a building. The body is composed of a grayish portland cement 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 Y-shaped at the top with a thick branch and a taller, thinner branch. The thin branch, at the back of the fragment, is jagged and missing portions from the top and left edges. The thicker branch forms the top of the decorative surface; it is a diagonal slope that terminates into two small convex hallows. At the bottom of the fragment is a cymba-recta molding with a square edge that curves outwards. The decorative top and bottom edges of the fragment are intact. The fragment's sides have broken and rough edges. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R169], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted slightly left of center, at the bottom of the fragment’s decorative surface.
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
2017.108.21.40
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c0fc2e12-07f9-442e-b193-7fbd91974d13

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