Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Chair |
Catalog Number |
2003.54.3 |
Date |
ca. 1916 |
Material(s) |
Leather/Wood |
Dimensions |
H-57.75 W-22 D-20.5 inches |
Description |
This Gothic Revival style pulpit chair is made of oak and has a rectilinear straight sided tall back. Its gothic arched crest rail is decorated with cutouts with a gothic arch and trifoil design. There is a strip of egg and dart molding below crest rail. The black tufted leather back is secured with glossy black buttons over a treated black cloth tape. There is a carved relief four petal flower with leaves on tops of the posts and the front legs. There are straight, rectangular section legswith the back legs forming the posts of the back. |
Notes |
Organized by Rev. George Dupee in August 1864, the First Baptist Church of Covington began with 22 charter members. The congregation constructed a church on 13th Street in 1877. In 1915, a tornado destroyed the church building. Members secured a tent and hoisted it above the ruins where they continued to meet until the weather turned too cold. In 1916, the congregation purchased land on East 9th Street to construct their new church. That building still serves the congregation as its home. This chair was the secondary minister's pulpit chair in the church on East 9th Street. It is smaller in size than the primary minister's chair (2003.54.1). Donated by First Baptist Church of Covington. |
Collection |
First Baptist Church of Covington Collection |
People |
First Baptist Church (Covington, Ky.) |
Subjects |
Churches Furniture Pulpits Religion |
Search Terms |
Covington (Ky.) Kenton County (Ky.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |