Doorway
Unknown
ca. 1800 · Painted pine and composition · The American Wing
The design of this doorway and its decoration are characteristic of Philadelphia architecture of the early Federal period. The doorway features a broken pediment and a frieze that is decorated with applied composition ornaments. Details of the frieze include a draped classical figure, in the center, holding a garland in each raised hand.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Medium
- Painted pine and composition
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Catawissa Railroad Company, 1916
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