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Pilaster Capital

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1837

GUSN

GUSN-314

Description

Pilaster capital, composition leaves and tendrils; painted white; letter pasted on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capitals (column components)
composition (material)
painting (coating)
softwood
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
Capital
Softwood
Composition
Painted
Leaves
Tendril
Capital

Label

Displayed in exhibition "Bostonians at Home: Five Boston Families, 1680-1960" at Suffolk University Law School, May 1-July 31, 2002.

Associated Building

Original To 39 Tremont Street,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 1/2 x 11 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Harland Little

Accession Number

1939.159.1-2

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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