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: light brown aggregate filler layer at the back and a white cementitious material towards the decorative surface. The decorative surface is a plaster washed with paints that are beige, gray, and brown tones. There is a small patch of reddish brown hair embedded in a corner of the filler layer on the back of the fragment. The fragment’s profile is thin at the top and bottom and widens at the top center. At the top is small cavetto above a deep step formed with cymba reversa moldings on either side. The fragment terminates at the bottom with a medium and small cavetto moldings. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R176], 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 back of the fragment has an uneven furrow running across the surface near the center. All four edges of the fragment are broken and jagged.
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: 2017.108.21.47
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: horsehair , plaster and paint on cement
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/16 × 6 3/8 × 2 5/16 in. (10.3 × 16.2 × 5.8 cm)