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A partner in the New York architectural firm operated by Alexander Jackson Davis and Ithiel Town, Dakin designed these pilasters (2004.229.1--.4) for La Grange Terrace, also known as Colonnade Row, a unified group of nine terraced town houses with massive marble Corinthian columns. Only four of the homes survive, located at 428-434 Lafayette Street, near Astor Place in Manhattan.
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Title: Pilaster
Date: 1832–33
Culture: American
Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions: 122 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (312.1 x 31.1 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas Gordon Smith and Marika Wilson Smith, 2004
Accession Number: 2004.229.1
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