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Pew from the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

1891

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A dark-stained oak church pew with decoratively carved top crowns and sculptured ends. A brass plaque on the end identifies it as number 58.

Catalog date
1891
Recorded places
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; African Methodist Episcopal; Craftsmanship; Religion; The Black Church

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2006.1

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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