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 body is composed of a grayish portland cement with a decorative plaster of Paris surface layer that is finished in gray paint. The back of the fragment is covered with sandy colored stucco. The profile of the fragment is Y-shaped at the top with a thick branch and a taller, thinner branch. The thin branch, at the back of the fragment, is jagged and missing portions from the top and left edges. The thicker branch forms the top of the decorative surface; it is a diagonal slope that terminates into two small convex hallows. At the bottom of the fragment is a cymba-recta molding with a square edge that curves outwards. The decorative top and bottom edges of the fragment are intact. The fragment's sides have broken and rough edges. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R169], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted slightly left of center, at the bottom of the fragment’s decorative surface.
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: 2017.108.21.40
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 , hair , plaster of Paris and paint on portland cement
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (19.5 × 19.3 × 8.5 cm)