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 off-white cement. Approximately three-quarters of the back of the fragment is covered in stucco. The stucco has four, raised parallel lines running down the surface. It is tan in color with a large area of black discoloration at the top half of the fragment. Between the cement and the stucco layers is a thin layer of bright white plaster. The decorative surface is a very thick layer of a fine cementitious material finished in a gray paint wash. There is a dark hair embedded in the finished surface at the center of the fragment. The fragment’s profile is thin at the top and widens at the base. It has a cavetto molding at the top followed by a thumb molding below. There is a wide cavetto at the center flanked by two thin hallows at the top and bottom. Below is a beak molding that terminates in a partial cavetto molding. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R174], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted on the bottom left side of the fragment’s decorative side. The edges of the fragment are jagged and rough on all four sides.
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: 2017.108.21.45
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 13/16 × 8 3/8 × 3 3/16 in. (25 × 21.2 × 8.1 cm)