Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Spruce Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1895
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
- ca. 1900
- Object number
- 2013.158
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- armchairs
- 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)
- Place collected
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Baptist
- Religion
- Segregation
- The Black Church
- Worship services
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.158
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59ce250f1-2b54-44af-bf07-a88c4be50b1b
