Georgian doorway with a stone surround and a paneled wooden door — The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 (Met Open Access). View the source record

Exterior Doors · Georgian & Colonial Revival

Doorway from Chalkley Hall, Frankford, Pennsylvania (c. 1776)

A Georgian doorway from Chalkley Hall near Philadelphia, about 1776, with a stone surround framing a paneled wood door.

Design characteristics

Chalkley Hall was a country house in Frankford, outside Philadelphia. Its doorway, now at the Metropolitan Museum, pairs a granite frame with a paneled wood door in the formal Georgian manner, balanced and strongly framed. It is included as a reference for proportion and panel layout. The same panel arrangement also works for an interior door or a matching paneled entry wall.

Classification

Style: Georgian & Colonial Revival
Category: Exterior Doors
Material: Iron
Motifs: Pediment, Pilaster, Raised panel
Date: ca. 1776
Recorded medium: Granite, wood, and iron
Dimensions: Door: 96 x 47 in. (243.8 x 119.4 cm) Portal: 146 x 84 in. (370.8 x 213.4 cm)
Evidence: Documented historical object
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art