Folding chair - Walnut

An impressive and fully authentic Florentine Savonarola chair from the Renaissance, made from hand-carved walnut wood.

The armrests terminate in two beautifully hand-carved lion heads. These lion heads symbolize the power and prestige of the person who sat in the chair.

The backrest is also richly decorated with refined and detailed woodcarvings. The chair is entirely made of solid walnut wood, with both the woodwork and the curved elements executed with great craftsmanship. Thanks to the clever scissor mechanism, the chair can be folded in seconds.

An exceptional showcase of Renaissance craftsmanship.

The name Savonarola chair derives from the chair on which the Italian Dominican monk and reformer Girolamo Savonarola would have sat. This chair was kept in the San Marco monastery in Florence.

The characteristic X-shaped construction is based on a design from ancient Rome and was imitated across nearly all of Europe during the Renaissance. Although today the chair is best known as the Savonarola chair, it originally served as a representative hall chair. It was primarily intended as a symbol of status and a decorative piece of furniture, rather than for daily use.

The chair shows on one side a light discoloration (lighter brown) from being exposed to sunlight for a long time.

The discoloration has been accounted for in the price.