- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Metropolitan AME Church, American, founded 1838
- Date
- ca. 1920 - 1945
- Medium
- wood with velvet
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 55 1/4 × 21 1/2 × 18 in. (140.3 × 54.6 × 45.7 cm)
- Description
- Wood frame chair with arms and a high back with ornately carved decorative elements. The chair is upholstered with velvet seat cushion, arm pads, and square backing. The front legs have two small swivel castors.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Religious and Sacred Objects
- Type
- chairs
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Communities
- Methodist
- Religion
- The Black Church
- Worship services
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Metropolitan AME Church and the Right Reverend William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr., Presiding Prelate, Second Episcopal District, 113th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church
- Object number
- 2016.104.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.