Crossbar for High Altar Gates, National Cathedral
date: label: date made
content: 1928-1971
notes: label: Description
content: Slightly tapered rectangular bar with eight open circular slits in two sizes and two partial or closed slits at one end, all oriented vertically, and two large punched circular holes, two pairs of offset smaller holes, and a small rectangular slit along one edge, all oriented horizontally. No marks.
label: Description
content: Maker is Keyser Brothers Iron Works, 4041 Ridge Ave. in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, 1928-1971. Run by James Moore Bryant Keyser (1902-1977) and master blacksmith Howard Keyser III (1904-1980). Specialized in residential and ecclesiastical ornamental wrought ironwork, including the High Altar Gates in the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The forge was housed in an 1850s stone industrial complex that was dismantled in 1971 (documented by HABS/HAER).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Germantown
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard Keyser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.72.0024B
label: catalog number
content: 72.0024B
label: accession number
content: 299610
objectType: label: Object Name
content: element, framing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 39 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 100.6475 cm x 3.81 cm