Sujet

Pulpit chair from Saint Augustine Catholic Church of New Orleans, 20th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A wood pulpit chair with a dark finish. The chair has four legs with the rear legs extending the full height of the seat back. The front legs are turned with varying geometric shapes and are topped with the seat. Connecting the front legs to the back legs are two curved stretcher bars. Between the two stretcher bars is an additional support bar. The seat cushion and chair back are padded with faux-leather covers. The covers are adhered by metal studs. The chair back features a line of stylized foliage carved on the front of either side of the uprights. The uprights of the chair back are capped with scrolls. The center of the top rail of the chair features large, carved acanthus leaves in the center with scrollwork extending down either side. The bottom rail of the chair back features a similar but smaller design of acanthus leaves and scrollwork.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_458

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

98,7Mo (2,1Mo) / 40,8cm x 60,5cm / 4823 x 7150 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wood people black religious country religion museum color Christianity wooden chair location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic furniture New Orleans Louisiana African American African-American afro-american United States of America Colour Roman Catholicism 20th century Catholic Church heritage American America USA TGN object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art chairs St Augustine Church St. Augustine Church