Doorframe
Artist/maker unknown, American
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
c. 1785-1800Medium:
Painted pine and poplarDimensions:
11 feet 2 inches × 6 feet 2 inches × 5 1/2 inches (340.4 × 188 × 14 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1940-3-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, 1940
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
c. 1785-1800Medium:
Painted pine and poplarDimensions:
11 feet 2 inches × 6 feet 2 inches × 5 1/2 inches (340.4 × 188 × 14 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 107, American Art, first floor
Accession Number:1940-3-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, 1940
Label:
This doorframe is from a house once located at 214 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia. Its decoration shows a combination of rococo and Federal motifs often found in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Philadelphia architecture.
This doorframe is from a house once located at 214 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia. Its decoration shows a combination of rococo and Federal motifs often found in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Philadelphia architecture.
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