Carved and Upholstered Chair from the Chinese Pavilion of the 1904 World's Fair
- Title
- Carved and Upholstered Chair from the Chinese Pavilion of the 1904 World's Fair
- Description
- This mahogany chair has an intricately carved dragon motif on the armrests and seat back. The chair is upholstered in faded blue fabric. The oversized chair was displayed in the Chinese Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis in 1904.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Chinese Pavilion
- China
- 1904 World's Fair
- Chair
- Art
- Decorative
- Temporal Coverage
- 1904
- Spatial Coverage
- St. Louis
- Language
- N/A, No Language
- Identifier
- 1979-025-0001
- Medium
- Chair
- Source
- MHS Digital Collections: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/87466
- Is Part Of
- MHS Objects Collection
- Date Accepted
- 1979
- Provenance
- It was purchased after the exhibit by John A. Scudder. Scudder's great-niece, Isabel Dobler, gave the chair to the Missouri Historical Society in 1979 after having loaned it to the Society for several years.
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- Housed at MHS Library and Research Center
