Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Date
before 1863
Medium
brick , stucco , portland cement and lime on cement
Dimensions
H x W x D: 4 3/4 × 14 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (12 × 36.7 × 20 cm)
Description
A molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina. The fragment is from a horizontal architectural element of a building. The fragment has a cement body. Above the cement is a thick decorative layer of an off-white portland cement, finished in a coat of plaster with a lime wash. On the back is a band of stucco at the top of the fragment. The stucco that has a tiny amount of red brick adhered to the surface in one spot. The exposed cement below the stucco has impressions of horizontal bands running across the surface. The fragment’s profile is a flat top with fillet that has broken off on the right edge. Below, at the center of the profile, is an ovolo molding. The bottom of the fragment terminates in a narrow, but deep, step. The flat top of the fragment is mostly intact. The bottom and side edges are broken and jagged. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R170], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted in the bottom left corner of the fragment’s decorative side.
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
2017.108.21.41
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599ad22ce-c037-4819-b0f1-220fd3e8b05a

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