Chair from Metropolitan AME
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920-1945
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Metropolitan AME Church, American, founded 1838
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Religion
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: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.104.7
objectType: label: Type
content: 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 velvet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 56 1/4 × 28 1/4 × 27 1/4 in. (142.9 × 71.8 × 69.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 56 1/2 × 29 × 29 1/2 in. (143.5 × 73.7 × 74.9 cm)