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MODILLION

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1785-1800

GUSN

GUSN-46159

Description

Small plaster modillion, painted gray; leaf and scroll design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

modillions
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
painting (coating)
plaster
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
scrolls (motifs)
Plaster
Painted
Leaf
Scroll
MODILLION

Associated Building

Original To Shirley-Eustis House (Roxbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.5 x 4.5 x 1.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1959.279

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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