Chair from the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Object Details

Description: A high backed wooden chair used at the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts. The legs of the chair are rounded columns with decorative capitals and bases. The seat is a box design with small block supports on the underside. The high back of the chair has a decorative column on either side, the PR column is topped with a finial which seems to be missing from the PL side. The wood of the back itself has two identical decorative cutouts, pointed at each end. The very top of the chair is high and rounded with a significant protrusion at the peak. It is stained dark brown all over.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

late 18th century

Place collected: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Exhibition: Making a Way Out of No Way
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Associations and institutions; Communities; Design; Freemasonry

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