- Neo-Renaissance typical Florentine style carved wood folding Savonarola chair* - PLEASE NOTE multiple defects (see all pictures) -Measurements: Height: 85 cm / 33.5 inches Width: 65 cm / 25.6 inches Seat height: 47 cm / 18.5 inches Depth: 49 cm / 19.3 inches *A type of folding chair with a frame like an X viewed from the front or the side originated in medieval Italy. The use of the name Savonarola chair comes from a nineteenth-century trade term evoking Girolamo Savonarola, is a folding armchair of the type standardized during the Italian Renaissance. This style was frequently copied in 19th century during Historicism era.