Presiding chair used by Reverend Dr. Clay Evans at Fellowship Baptist Church

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.

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.

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