Aiken-Rhett House Photographs

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

ARH, 1993

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

Aiken-Rhett House Photographs

Entry/Object ID

2008.015.1

Description

Two hundred twenty-six (226) B&W photographs of the exterior and interior of the Aiken-Rhett House, taken December 1993 when the house was operated by The Charleston Museum as a museum house. Photographs include ceilings; doors, doorways, and doorknobs; light fixtures and chandeliers; outbuildings; decorative plaster ceiling ornaments; walls; various pieces of furniture in the house including piano; art work in the house including sculpture and painting of Henrietta Aiken; stairs, staircases, and balusters; windows, window surrounds, and window shutters; fireplaces and mantels; architraves and cornices; arches; and floors. The house is decorated for Christmas and there are tourists in a very few shots.

Context

Includes negatives. Photos arrived in 6 envelopes. They are now housed in 42 photographic sleeves, distinguished by envelope number to keep each set together with its negatives.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.015.

Source or Donor

Kouwenhoven, Jr., Arthur

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven, Jr.; photographs by Kenneth R. Brock.

Made/Created

Artist

Brock, Kenneth R.

Date made

1993

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Light fixtures, Arches, Furniture, Fireplaces, Floors, Shutters, Mantels, Cornices, Stairs, Doorways, Pianos, Chandeliers, Christmas decorations, Door knobs, Architraves, Balusters, Walls, Sculpture, Balustrades, Windows, Staircases

Search Terms

Gates/Doorways, Interiors, Aiken-Rhett House (Charleston, S.C.), Interior architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Ceilings--Decoration, Doors, Outbuildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Plasterwork, Decorative

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Location

Shelf

ARH Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.007.43, 2006.010.137-195, 2011.015.101a-b, 2019.003.15a-x, 2019.003.25a-j, ELIZABETH.048.4, ELIZABETH.048.4.1, ELIZABETH.048.4.2a, ELIZABETH.048.4.2b, ELIZABETH.048.4.2c, ELIZABETH.048.4.2d, ELIZABETH.048.4.2e, ELIZABETH.048.4.2f, ELIZABETH.048.4.2g, ELIZABETH.048.4.2h-i, ELIZABETH.048.4.2j-n, ELIZABETH.048.4.2o, ELIZABETH.048.4.2p, ELIZABETH.048.4.3a-b, ELIZABETH.048.4.5A, ELIZABETH.048.4.5B, ELIZABETH.048.4.5C, ELIZABETH.048.4.5D, ELIZABETH.048.4.5E, ELIZABETH.048.4.6a-d

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

There are no photos of the front of the house. Some photos have been scanned. See Image Management photos 1-11. High resolution scans (300 dpi TIFs) of 49 photographs are on DVD #21; filenames ARH_2008015.1_0001-0049.TIF.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 24, 2008

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 25, 2023