Chair belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1930
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a wood chair made of light-colored wood that has been carved and lacquered black. The chair has a tall back rest covered with Asian-inspired style carvings of mythical creatures, flora and fauna. The carvings represent an abstracted mountain with a dragon amid clouds. The front legs are bowed and carved with mythical creatures. The seat is flat, and the front is shallowly carved in a fret pattern. There are numerous chips and areas of loss in the lacquer throughout the piece.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
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: A2022.13.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: desk 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: wood with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 38 7/16 × 21 5/8 × 17 15/16 in. (97.6 × 55 × 45.5 cm)