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’s body is composed of two layers: cement at the back and plaster towards the decorative surface. There is a short metal wire protruding from the cement one side. The decorative surface is a plaster washed with medium and light gray paints. There are small spots of red paint visible on the top center of the bottom molding and in the hallow above. Most of the back of the fragment is covered in stucco except for one exposed corner. The stucco surface bears the impressions of seven bricks. The fragment’s profile is thin at the top and widens at the center and bottom. At the top of the fragment is a three-quarters round molding above a wide cavetto that ends in a beak molding. At the bottom of the fragment is a trefoil molding. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R175], 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 fragment is roughly square shaped with an intact top side and broken side and bottom edges.
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
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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: 2017.108.21.46
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: stucco , plaster and paint on cement with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 3/16 × 12 5/16 × 3 15/16 in. (25.8 × 31.3 × 10 cm)