Balloon-back side chair from the home of Robert Smalls
date: label: Date
content: 1875
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Robert Smalls, American, 1839 - 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A Victorian balloon-back side chair, of walnut, with carved shoulder above open back and upholstered over-the-rail seat, demi-arms; seat upholstered in alternating gold brocade and plain gold striped pattern, raised on cabriole legs.
place: label: Place used
content: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.28.5
objectType: label: Type
content: balloon-back chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: walnut
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 19 x 19 in. (86.4 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm)