Crossbar for High Altar Gates, National Cathedral
Crossbar for High Altar Gates, National Cathedral
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- Description
- Slightly tapered rectangular bar with eight open circular slits in two sizes and two partial or closed slits at one end, all oriented vertically, and two large punched circular holes, two pairs of offset smaller holes, and a small rectangular slit along one edge, all oriented horizontally. No marks.
- Maker is Keyser Brothers Iron Works, 4041 Ridge Ave. in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, 1928-1971. Run by James Moore Bryant Keyser (1902-1977) and master blacksmith Howard Keyser III (1904-1980). Specialized in residential and ecclesiastical ornamental wrought ironwork, including the High Altar Gates in the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The forge was housed in an 1850s stone industrial complex that was dismantled in 1971 (documented by HABS/HAER).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- element, framing
- date made
- 1928-1971
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Germantown
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Associated Place
- United States: District of Columbia
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 39 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 100.6475 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- DL.72.0024B
- catalog number
- 72.0024B
- accession number
- 299610
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard Keyser
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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