SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Prestige Chair

Prestige Chair, 1800s, Wood and paint
Date
1800s
Medium
Wood and paint
Dimensions
Overall: 80.7 x 53.3 x 44.5 cm (31 3/4 x 21 x 17 1/2 in.)
Form
Chair
Origin
Africa
Culture
Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Babanki-style maker
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1983.33
Credit line
Gift in memory of his parents, Wheeler B. and Dorothy Preston by Mary and John Preston
A British soldier acquired this work in Cameroon during the First World War.
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