Architectural molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.41
objectType: label: Type
content: moldings and molding components: architectural
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brick , stucco , portland cement and lime on cement
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 3/4 × 14 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (12 × 36.7 × 20 cm)