Presiding chair used by Reverend Dr. Clay Evans at Fellowship Baptist Church: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a wooden chair originally used by Reverend Clay Evans. It is made of dark lacquered wood with dark blue upholstery fabric on the seat, arms and back with fabric edges tucked into the crevices. The fabric is tufted across the backrest. The chair back is a tall vertical rectangle with a pointed top. At the apex is a small rectangular plaque. The reverse side of the chair is not upholstered but solid dark wood with several large scratches across the veneer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Commissioned by: Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, American, founded 1950
• Used by: Reverend Clay Evans, American, 1925 - 2019
• Type: chairs
• Medium: wood with cloth upholstery
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 53 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 24 in. (135.9 × 77.5 × 61 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Preaching
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.109.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rev. Clay Evans
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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