Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Drawings & Prints after Cornelis van Poelenburgh

after Cornelis van Poelenburgh

Frederic Carder

the arched top is mounted with a gilt bronze head of a cherub

Female: 19" tall X 6" wide X 6" deep

Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Drawings & Prints after Cornelis van PoelenburghSOLD A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf