- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Date
- before 1863
- Medium
- horsehair , plaster and paint on cement
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 1/16 × 6 3/8 × 2 5/16 in. (10.3 × 16.2 × 5.8 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 two layers: light brown aggregate filler layer at the back and a white cementitious material towards the decorative surface. The decorative surface is a plaster washed with paints that are beige, gray, and brown tones. There is a small patch of reddish brown hair embedded in a corner of the filler layer on the back of the fragment. The fragment’s profile is thin at the top and bottom and widens at the top center. At the top is small cavetto above a deep step formed with cymba reversa moldings on either side. The fragment terminates at the bottom with a medium and small cavetto moldings. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R176], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted in the bottom left corner of the fragment’s decorative side. The back of the fragment has an uneven furrow running across the surface near the center. All four edges of the fragment are broken and jagged.
- 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
- 2017.108.21.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




