A section of cornice with frieze on which reeded portions alternate with plain sections; pateras have been incised onto plain sections of frieze; Above there is a band of carved ornamental drops each ending in two guttae; white paint.
cornices
carving (processes)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
softwood
paterae (motifs)
reeding
Cornice
Cornice
Original To Charles Paine Houses,
Unknown
9 1/2 x 53 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
1960.47
Chamberlain, Allen, Author. Beacon Hill. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
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