A fine giltwood "curule" stool

A fine late 18th century carved giltwood curule stool, the side supports with carved angelic heads, the seat with four lion masks all supported on lions paw feet.

Rome circa 1780

Curule were used in the Roman senate as seats of power, were re-introduced into the Renaissance and then subsequently into society in the late 18th century until the Second Empire in France. They can be seen in portraiture of the highest standard through these times