Item features Dante’s Chair/Gondola Chair from the 19th c.

Dante’s Chair/Gondola Chair from the 19th c.

A Neo-Renaissance article of furniture from the end of the 19th c., made in oaken wood.

Its shape refers to the Italian type of seat that was popular

  during the Renaissance period.

The legs are S-bent, and crossed with each other from both the front and the back.

The whole is finished at the top with rails and a backrest.

Furthermore, the backrest is carved, ornamented with a depiction of mascarones. The rails are finished with scrolls.

The seat of this gondola chair is wooden, semicircular, and composed

 of wooden slats.

Presented chair is derived from a curule seat. Named Dante’s chair after a poet, Dante Aligieri by the 19th-century antiquaries. Dante used a similar chair himself.  Other terms describing item’s shape: Petrarca chair, gondola chair, or Karla chair.

THE AUTHENTICITY (period of origin, type of material used in

the manufacture) has been

confirmed by an experienced expert in vintage

and antique items.

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on presented item, which confirms the authenticity, legal

origin, and the approximate

date and place of the item manufacture.

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