Deacon's chair from Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Spruce Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1895
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place collected
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.158
objectType: label: Type
content: armchairs
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: wood, leather, metal and straw
label: Dimensions
content: 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)