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Metadata
Object name |
Brick |
Artist or maker |
Unknown |
Place of origin |
Holland |
Materials and techniques |
brick |
Physical description |
"Original Holland Brick of Fraunces/ Tavern, S.E.corner of Pearl n Broad Sts. N.Y. City/ Built in the year 1778. Remolded by Hleisler ... 1906" "Yellow bricks occur in two basic size categories. The larger size bricks average at 8.5-9 inches in length. While the smaller size bricks average at 6.5-7.5 inches. The Dutch evidently conceptualizzed two different uses for the two sizes of yellow brick. The larger bricks "moppen" were specified for walls, while the smaller, harder "klinkers" were intended for chimney construction. Most often the small durable klinkers were most often utlized as paving bricks in the Old World but in places like Albany klinkers were restricted to hearth bases or fireboxes." "The Excavation of an 18th Century Dutch Yello Brick Firebox and Chimne Stack in Anne Arundel County, Maryland" Al Luckenach, Maryland Archaeology Volume 30 (2), September 1994 page 14. |
Past exhibit |
A Monument to Memory: 300 Years of Living History |
Gallery label |
A Monument to Memory: This brick was found during the restoration of the building and the nails were used around the same time at another site. Many of the materials uncovered during construction in 1890 and 1905 were sold as souvenirs, but this brick made its way back to the building in 2012. The brick’s label reads, "Original Holland Brick of Fraunces / Tavern, S.E. Corner of Pearl n Broad Sts. N. Y. City / Built in the year 1778. Remolded y Hleisler ... 1906" |
Catalogue number |
2012.01.001 |
Collection name |
Historical Artifacts |