Sujet

Deacon’s chair used by Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, ca. 1900. Creator: Jacob and Josef Kohn.

Légende

Four-legged wooden, bentwood chair. Chair seat is round with carved, shallow ridges on seat top. Ridges are in expanding, concentric "U" shapes, narrower in the middle and expanding outward toward the center. "U" shapes begin on either side, closer to the chair back. Outside wood bar, one continuous piece, of chair back curves around and down to make the chair legs. In the middle of the chair back is another curved loop of bent wood that attaches to the top bar and to the seat. Two (2) curved supports on either side of the chair seat connect to the chair back. Circular wood ring of support runs around the interior of the four (4) legs. Two (2) front legs slightly curve away from the seat.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_338

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

128,0Mo (4,6Mo) / 47,8cm x 67,0cm / 5649 x 7918 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wood people black religious country religion museum church color Virginia Christianity wooden chair location century Richmond furniture African American African-American afro-american United States of America Colour 1900s 20th century heritage American America USA segregation TGN object united states cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Baptist church chairs Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church Jacob and Josef Kohn Josef Kohn Jacob Kohn Jacob & Josef Kohn Kohn Jacob and Josef