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Part of small column

French
Medieval (Gothic)
Object Place: St. Denis

Medium/Technique Stone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: Height 61 3/4 "
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.648
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsArchitectural elements

DescriptionOneof a pair of parts of small columns, combined in one. Soft gray stone, capitals carved with Gothic leaves; the shaft is composed of a cluster of three partly circular sections. The base is partly circular on a square plinth.
ProvenanceBy 1917, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.