Decorative wrought iron fashioned by Peter Simmons
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Peter Simmons, American, 1856 - 1955
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A scrolled decorative piece of wrought iron fashioned by Peter Simmons, a formerly enslaved blacksmith. The black iron is scrolled into an S shape with the top and bottom scrolled in the same direction. The scrolls are the same size. There is a rivet and a rivet hole at the center of the top scroll and two (2) holes for rivets along the base of the bottom scroll. Along the center edge is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R354].
place: label: Place made
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
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: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
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: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
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: 2017.108.24.5
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
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: wrought iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19 5/16 × 5 1/16 × 11/16 in. (49 × 12.8 × 1.8 cm)