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Fauteuil curule noir et or, aux têtes de lion dorées

Des lames noires, cintrées en S, se croisent sous l'assise et donnent au siège sa silhouette en X, souple et pourtant architecturée. Sur ce noir profond, l'or fait office de dessin : fronton chantourné à coquille et rinceaux autour d'un médaillon fleurdelisé, accotoirs terminés par deux têtes de lion, patins griffus posés au sol. L'assise, faite de lattes de bois, reste nue. Aux reliefs les plus exposés, l'or s'est usé et laisse paraître un fond rougeâtre.

Le modèle remonte loin. La sella curulis, siège pliant à pieds croisés, serait d'origine étrusque si l'on en croit Tite-Live ; à Rome, elle revient aux magistrats détenteurs de l'imperium. Les Mérovingiens et les Capétiens la reprennent, comme en témoigne le trône dit de Dagobert, avant que le néoclassicisme ne la remette à l'honneur autour de Napoléon. L'Italie du XVe siècle voit apparaître des sièges voisins, que les marchands du XIXe baptiseront Savonarole ou Dante. Cet exemplaire, sans atelier connu, est daté du XXe siècle.

Époque
XXe siècle, selon la fiche
Matière
Bois noirci et doré, classé bois peint par la fiche
Style
Haute époque, Renaissance, Louis XIII, selon la fiche
Dimensions
l. 60 × P. 50 × H. 87 cm, selon la fiche
État
En l'état, selon la fiche
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Black slats, bent into an S, cross beneath the seat and give the chair its X-shaped outline, supple yet architectural. Against this deep black, gold does the drawing: a shaped cresting with a shell and scrolls around a fleur-de-lis medallion, arms ending in two lions' heads, clawed feet set on the floor. The seat, made of wooden slats, is left bare. On the most exposed reliefs the gold has worn away, revealing a reddish ground beneath.

The model goes back a long way. The sella curulis, a folding seat on crossed legs, was Etruscan in origin if Livy is to be believed; in Rome it belonged to magistrates holding imperium. Merovingian and Capetian kings took it up, as the so-called throne of Dagobert recalls, before Neoclassicism restored it to favour around Napoleon. Fifteenth-century Italy saw related seats appear, which nineteenth-century dealers would name Savonarola or Dante chairs. This example, from no known workshop, is dated to the twentieth century.

Sources and points to validate
  • La sella curulis est un siège pliant à pieds croisés, d'origine étrusque selon Tite-Live, réservé aux magistrats détenteurs de l'imperium ; reprise par les Mérovingiens et les Capétiens (trône dit de Dagobert), puis par le néoclassicisme autour de Napoléon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curule_seat
  • Les sièges dits Savonarole ou Dante apparaissent en Italie au XVe siècle mais ne reçoivent ces noms qu'au XIXe siècle, donnés par les marchands de meubles. https://www.lynn-byrne.com/posts/design-dictionary-curule-savonarola-and-dante-seats
To be validated
  • Aucun atelier ni éditeur indiqué ; il s'agit d'un siège de style, sans attribution.
  • Datation au XXe siècle donnée par la fiche, sans source.
  • Revêtement de l'assise, nature de l'or (feuille ou peinture) et état de la dorure non décrits.

Notice drafted with the assistance of AI based on the dealer’s listing and cited public sources. Attributions and dating are subject to validation.

Fauteuil Curule en bois noirci et doré, XXe

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