- 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 3/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 5/8 in. (10.7 × 16.3 × 4.2 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. 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 loss on the left side. The top, bottom, and side edges of the fragment are broken and jagged. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R173], 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
- 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
- 2017.108.21.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




