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Furniture > Seating furniture > Curule chairs

Preferred term

Curule chairs  

Definition

  • Ancient Roman folding stools [sellae curulis] used by senators and magistrates [AAT]; known in the Middle Ages as faldstools [DA]; derived by Renaissance artisans from Medieval thrones and chairs of estate, which had their origins in the Roman sella curulis; popular in the Neo-classical period [Boyce, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Faldstools, curule chairs
  • Sedia curulis
  • Sellae curulis
  • Stools, curule chairs

Notation

  • 120366

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-LQ29N2BZ-8

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