Vintage pediment cornice cast iron Lintel Architectural (6 available)

Description

Handsome Vintage cast iron  Lintel   Pediment Cornice Eyebrow
This  massive Architectural accent  came out of a very old  pre 1920  building in Montgomery Alabama. -  It is in  very good condition for its age.
MEASUREMENTS -Approximately 45 inches long  and about 8 inches  WIDE.
Very heavy
.   6 are available- one is with  scrolled design  and the other 5  are  more plain, The five plain ones are all the same design,
PRICE IS FOR ONE LINTEL
It is in the shape of  a sort of trough.  it was  originally a  lintel of some sort. It has  an Urban relict  feel to it  and could look great in some modern Office or home. (see  photo of
white
lintel on our home,which  I think is one of these lintels painted and installed)
THE SHAPE WOULD  MAKE A  NICE    WALL  SHELF   OR A GREAT PEDESTAL  AS WELL  AS  ARCHITECTURAL LINTEL
ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE   THAT IS   BLEND OF  STYLES:    WITH A RETRO  VIBE
IT COULD BE USED AS  A       UNIQUE   PEDESTAL. Handsome  for   ART  GALLERY DISPLAY.
A  retro  collectible for  those collectors  looking for   Eclectic look.
Victorian influences but it’s the modernization and reimagining of the work that sets the two styles apart.  These  Pediments  have
a  look  of Futuristic Victorian.
This is  some sort of an exterior  lintel  facade.
Most
historic
commercial
buildings
have
cornices
to cap their
facades
.
Usually found in buildings constructed before 1900,
approx   70 years old or more  and each piece is an  great vintage Architectural element.
Many  like these could be  used as  planters, tables,
and as art displayed on interior and exterior walls.
As you can see in the photos there is aging  but nothing out of character on such pieces.
MATERIAL:
Cast iron-These  have been outside for 50 plus years.  It has old  rusted patina  and  is handsome as is.
An  Architectural like this could be used for various   purposes  other  than what it was intentionally made.  I  am not certain of its  original use  but I think it  originally would
fit  originally across the top of the window . From  research  I  found  that
heavy lintels, like droopy eyebrows,  ostensibly were originally used  to  protect  the building, and to decorate it.
Cast  Iron lintel like   this  was used for exterior window and door surrounds or lintels, copings, parapets and balustrades, cornices and friezes, and sculptural ornament.
An elegant way to add an authentic Victorian flavor to your property.
Whether you are adding, remodeling, or even starting new construction, this  cornice
would be a nostalgic accent.
This   lintel is one part of this Southern Antique collector's possessions , who as the old homes were destroyed  back in the 1930's- 1950'd, this collector carefully salvaged the old architecturals and stored in for more than half of a century. The Newspaper article said."Maybe the collector didn’t even remember where it was stored or why he had saved it all those years. Maybe just because he liked it , with no use in mind. But the fact remains that, in depths of the Great Depression when the decorative features of razed residences might be had, at least, for carting them away at most, for a song. This collector did a lot of singing! His acquisitions, in any event are incorporated today in some of the old south’s pretentious homes. He owned many old homes here and as they were torn down --he managed to salvage much of the fencing , marble mantles, brass door knobs..etc..
You  can see in  one of  photos a salvaged iron cornice  used in his vintage hom
e.
Lintels or  pediments of this type  would look great with a vintage home or as an Art Object.
I  prefer local pickup MONTGOMERY ALABAMA 36104
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