Pilaster
Decorative Arts
MEDIUM
Painted pine
DATES
ca. 1835
DIMENSIONS
132 x 16 x 3 in. (335.3 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm)
(show scale)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.931.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Young Men's Christian Association, Flatbush Branch
RIGHTS STATEMENT
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CAPTION
Unknown. Pilaster, ca. 1835. Painted pine, 132 x 16 x 3 in. (335.3 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Young Men's Christian Association, Flatbush Branch, 40.931.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.931.3_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
detail, 40.931.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
White painted pine. Simple, vertical rectangular form with single shallow conforming rectangular recessed center, raised on simple rectangular plinth, and capped by hybrid Ionic/Corinthian capital in three sections: elaborately carved central area, shaped undulating molding above, and flat molding below.
Condition: Good. See conservation report in file. Conserved January and February, 2000.
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