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From the Collection

Writing case

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. Ernest P. Janvier in memory of Levi Janvier, Caesar Augustus Rodney Janvier, and Ernest P. Janvier
1840-1860
The interior cornice in the Corbit-Sharp House with mutule blocks is a Georgian feature borrowed from Greek Doric architecture. Mutule blocks can also be seen in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.