Cornice Boardc. 18259 1/8 x 45 1/2 x 1/2"Bronze powder stenciling and gold leaf on woodGift of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration75.20Decorated window cornices were available by the late eighteenth century and by the 1820s were being stenciled with scenice river and landscape views. This example belongs to a particular group of cornices that feature Hudson River scenes. A number of single stencils could be combined in different ways to produce a variety of landscapes.1548944236Artist unidentifiedArchitectureThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster15683United StatesNew YorkThree Dimensional WorksObject information is a work in progress and may be updated
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