- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Spruce Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1895
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- wood, leather, metal and straw
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 48 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (122.6 x 62.9 x 54 cm)
- Description
- A brown wood armchair with leather upholstery at seat and back. The wood is ornately carved with geometric designs. The seat's bottom is stuffed with straw. The chair has brass buttons at the upholstered edges.
- Place collected
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
- Type
- armchairs
- Topic
- Baptist
- Religion
- Segregation
- The Black Church
- Worship services
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
- Object number
- 2013.158
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




