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 two (2) pieces of fencing are connected at the top and bottom with two (2) screws. The fencing is scrolled outwards on the top and the bottom. In the center is an outlined circle framed on either side with vertical straight lines and held in place with two (2) screws. Handwritten in the center on one side of the piece is the text [O.S.M. 111] in off-white paint. Next to the text is a painted white rectangle with handwritten, upside down black text that reads [R356].
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: 2017.108.24.4
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
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: 18 1/8 × 9 1/16 × 11/16 in. (46 × 23 × 1.8 cm)