Cornice
Artist
Maker unknown
Date1825-1830
MediumGilt wood with applied composition decoration
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 64 3/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 164.5 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsSTRUCTURES
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number57.65.1-2
On View
Not on viewCollections
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Label TextThis pair of cornices is gilded, but the wood is not carved. Rather the decorative elements—the balls, beading, and egg-and-dart molding—are made of “composition” and applied to the plane-molded wooden frameworks. Some cabinetmakers, such as John Doggett of Roxbury, MA, sold composition balls by the gross and composition beading by the “stick.”
