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Mantelpiece

Decorative Arts and Design

MAKER Unknown
CULTURE American
MEDIUM Pine wood with gray paint, white marble
DATES ca. 1812
DIMENSIONS 69 1/8 x 101 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (175.6 x 258.1 x 36.5 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER 44.55
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. Benjamin G. Hitchings
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Tapering columns raised on tall rectangular plinths support the shaped entablature; central oval sunburst flanked by two swirled roundels of gouged work are carved in the frieze; twelve small columnettes, four at either end of the frieze and two at each side of roundels.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Unknown. Mantelpiece, ca. 1812. Pine wood with gray paint, white marble, 69 1/8 x 101 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (175.6 x 258.1 x 36.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin G. Hitchings, 44.55. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.55_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 44.55_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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Unknown. <em>Mantelpiece</em>, ca. 1812. Pine wood with gray paint, white marble, 69 1/8 x 101 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (175.6 x 258.1 x 36.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin G. Hitchings, 44.55. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.55_bw.jpg)