A moulded and white lacquered beech "curule" stool with a double X-shaped base joined by a cross-brace. Restoration period Upholstered in green velvet. Height Height : 43 cm Width: 49 cm Depth: 41 cm Provenance: ANNE-MARIE BERGER Collection Worn and sagging upholstery (to be redone). Note: The curule seat was a symbol of power in ancient Rome, where Roman magistrates and promagistrates holding the imperium, such as consuls, dictators, masters of cavalry, praetors and curule elders, could sit.