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 and lime on cement
Dimensions
H x W x D: 4 11/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (11.9 × 19 × 4.8 cm)
Description
A molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina. The fragment is from a horizontal architectural element of a building. The fragment’s body is composed of cement. Above it is thick decorative layer that is finished in a coat of plaster with a lime wash. There is a large patch of stucco on the back of the fragment that has a tiny amount of brick adhered to the surface in the bottom left corner. The stucco also has embedded reddish hairs of varying thicknesses. The back has an impression of a basket weaving pattern on the surface of the cement and there are diagonal hash marks impressions in the stucco. The fragment’s profile is a flat top above a thick thumb molding. Below, at the center of the profile, is a wide fillet that slopes into a concave hallow at the bottom of the fragment. The thumb molding has a large loss on the right side. The top, bottom, and side edges of the fragment are Brocken and jagged. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R171], 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 near the bottom center.
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
2017.108.21.42
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e96a0fa6-5dd1-407a-8d0e-4825c70b2e7b

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