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Deacon's chair from Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville

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: Gift of Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville, TN...

ca. 1900
Wood, leather, metal and straw
122.6 x 62.9 x 54.0 cm
2013.158
Image and text © National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2020