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Italian Gilt Metal Bench
Located in Rochester, NY
Metal curule form bench seat in the most perfectly aged original gilded surface. Made in Italy
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Benches
Materials
Metal
Pair of Swedish Empire Stools
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Swedish Empire stools, circa 1820-1830, each with upholstered seats and curule form frame
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Stools
Italian Savonarola Iron Armchair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Neo-Gothic style Curule armchair with leather seat and back and solid brass finials. Arm height
Category
20th Century Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Continental Shaped, Carved, and Upholstered Walnut Armchair, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an arched and handled backrest atop open arms, the shaped fitted seat of Curule form above
Category
Antique 1860s Baroque Revival Armchairs
French Restauration Pair of Mahogany Stools
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Restauration stools in solid mahogany with curule bases, upholstered seats with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Restauration Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Regency Ebonized and Giltwood Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
With horizontal crest rail with central lion head and flanked by Anthemium over a curule splat
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
$8,500 / set
Midcentury Italian Faux Bamboo Vanity Stool or Bench
Located in Rio Vista, CA
. Features a faux-bamboo iron frame with Curule shaped legs and seat. The elegant frame has a lacquered
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Stools
Materials
Iron
Pair of Klismos Form Chairs-Denmark, c. 1940
Located in Kinderhook, NY
. Curule form backrests, circular seats on cross-braced splayed legs. Manufactured by Sorø Stolefabrik
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
PVC, Upholstery
Fine Mediterranean Revival Cast Bronze and Brass Bench
Located in Bellport, NY
Handsomely detailed cast bronze elements include crossed and curved curule legs supporting
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Sofas
Materials
Bronze, Brass
A Pair of Italian Savonarola Stools with Iron Frame and Brown Leather
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian Savonarola Curule Stools with Brown Leather Seats and Iron Frame from the 20th
Category
20th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Iron
ENGLISH OAK HALL CHAIR
Located in New York, NY
curule leg base. Seat covered in French faux leopard fabric.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
$2,750
Russian Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Hall Bench or Low Table, circa 1860
Located in Kinderhook, NY
top or seat and double curule form base with front having carved flutes and rosettes, and applied
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Elegant "Swan Neck" Table, Chair and Bench Set, France 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
seats.
Curule shape bases, with "col de cygne" detailing.
The set is painted in a very elegant
Category
Vintage 1940s French Dining Room Sets
Pair of English 19th Century Inlay Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
mahogany inlay, done in a Greek Key motif. The seats rest on curule-styled bases that are braced with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Pair of X Shaped Curule Seats
Located in Dallas, TX
an Art Deco (French Empire inspired) pair of "X" form curule seats / stools with exaggerated curly
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Benches
Materials
Ebony
Arts and Crafts Style Morgan Colt Hand Hammered Wrought Iron Folding Curule Seat
By Morgan Colt
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Arts and Crafts style hand hammered wrought iron folding curule seat.
Extraordinarily rare hand
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Stool Dagobert Curule seat - panther - Renaissance - Empire France 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Dagobert seat, Curule stool in walnut from the First Empire period, early 19th century.
Armrests
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Renaissance Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
20th Century Empire Style Curule
Located in Houston, TX
A beautifully carved 20th century Empire style Curule seat newly upholstered in an ecru mohair
Category
20th Century Empire Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Wood
Early 20th Century Antique Curule Saddle Seat Bench Stool Chair Regency
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century curule chair. Made from mahogany with saddle shaped seat leading to satted arms
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Pair of America or European Curule Stools
Located in Lomita, CA
peaked-corner seat upholstered in a striped silk fabric with tassel trim, over an ebonized turned curule
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Benches
Materials
Silk
Pair of Empire-Style Hand-Carved Wood Stool
Located in Sheffield, MA
Curule seat, which during the Roman Empire was made of bronze. The bench is painted black with parcel
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Empire Stools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Michel Boyer X Stool
By Michel Boyer
Located in PARIS, FR
and leather, its shape is reminiscent of the curule seats. Made of folded stainless steel and leather
Category
20th Century French Space Age Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
$14,118
1970s Danish Modern Oak Kurul Armchairs by Henning Kjaernulf - a Pair
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the curule seat of Ancient Rome, these Danish Modern armchairs were designed by Henning
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Oak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Classic Modern Mahogany, Brass and Cane Bench or Stool
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Company in 1950, model number 5006A. This stool, based on the Ancient Roman Curule seat updated with a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Ceres, Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
, the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility. She is resting on a curule seat and is surrounded by a
Category
Antique 1870s Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Mid-Century Modern Mahogany Stool by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Ancient Roman curule seat, has a gently concave seat encased in a mahogany frame. The seat is supported by
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Danish Oak
Kurul
Armchair By Henry
Henning
Kjaernulf Circa 1970
s
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Norwalk, CT
Popularized by the Ancient Romans, the curule seat has long been regarded as a symbol of military
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Chairs
Materials
Wool, Oak
Pair of Italian Savonarola Curule Bench Seat Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Great pair of folding Italian Savonarola Curule bench seat chairs. Both are in very Fine original
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Benches
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of Neoclassical Style Italian Curule Bench Seats
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive pair of Italian curule bench seats crafted in the neoclassical taste. The carved wood
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Large 19th Century Gustavian Curule Window Seat, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful large late Gustavian painted window seat.
NB:
Complimentary delivery within 3 hours
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Stools
Regency Style Curule Form Mahogany Bench with Black Leather Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant English Regency style mahogany curule form bench, the reeded frame terminating in carved
Category
20th Century English Regency Benches
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of French Midcentury Iron Curule Stools with Newly Upholstered Seats
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French curule iron stools from the mid 20th century, with newly upholstered seats
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Iron Gold Gilt Curule Vanity Bench Seat Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency iron gold gilt curule vanity bench seat chair. Item features gold
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Mahogany Figural Lion Head Carved Curule Saddle Seat Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
A late 19th century antique Victorian occasional arm chair. Made from mahogany with a curule or
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Artes De Mexico Spanish Revival Curule Foot Stool Ottoman Leather Seat
Straps
By Artes De Mexico Internacionales, SA
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Spanish Revival Curule or Savonarola style foot stool or ottoman with heavy leather seat
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Spanish Colonial Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Curule Style Black Iron Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black painted Curule bench with lattice seat.
Category
20th Century Italian Benches
Materials
Iron
Henning Kjaernulf Oak Kurul Armchairs for EG Kvalitetsmøbel, Denmark, 1960s
By Henning Kjærnulf, EG Kvaliteet
Located in ŁÓDŹ, PL
chair. The Curule seat is a foldable and portable chair with curved legs, the roots of which go back to
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Oak
Antique Pair of French Giltwood Rococo Curule Benches, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of French Rococo benches offer velvet seats over curule scroll form giltwood bases
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Curule Stool by Pierre Lottier for Valenti, Wood and Leather
By Valenti, Pierre Lottier
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elegant stool with wooden curule base and cognac leather seat. Designed by Pierre Lottier and
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique French Carved Oak Curule Bench Chair Renaissance Dagobert Barley Twist
Located in Shreveport, LA
curved curule slat seat~
~Lower chair front has center carved mask with carved foliate scrolls; upper
Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Benches
Materials
Oak
Pair of Bronzed Iron X-base Leather Stools or Curule Benches
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical pair of iron stools or curule benches featuring terracotta leather seat cushions. The x
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Benches
Materials
Iron
Spanish Armchair in the Curule Style Cordovan Leather
Wood, Midcentury 19th
Located in Labrit, Landes
Spanish seat, in the curule styla, made circa 1880
The cordovan leather used for the seat is held
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Midcentury French Empire Style Ebonized Curule Stools with Gilt Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
style curule stools features a rectangular seat newly recovered with a double welt linen fabric, resting
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
Maison Jansen, Pair of Curule Stools, Leather and Metal, circa 1970, France
By Maison Jansen
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Maison Jansen, Pair of curule stools,
Leather seat and lacquered metal base with golden bronze
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Stools
Materials
Metal
Italian Regency Style Mahogany Cane Curule X-Frame Stools with Cushions, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
cane seat, loose pillows, curule x-form stretcher bases, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Stools
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Antique Adam Style Classical Painted
Gilt Satinwood Vanity Mirror and Seat Set
Located in Big Flats, NY
reeded legs; matching Curule form seat and mirror
'Matching twin beds, high chest and end stands
Category
20th Century European Adam Style Vanities
Materials
Satinwood
Pair of Black Iron Campaign Style Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Curule black iron slat seat benches with brass trim.
Category
20th Century Italian Benches
Pair Of Wrought Iron And Brass Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Each with scrolled arms with polished brass , metal woven seats, curule form legs.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Benches
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of French Empire Stools
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of French Empire mahogany Curule form stools with saddle seats and upholstered cushions
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Stools
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Bronze Leather and Iron Campaign Chairs
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Sheffield, MA
, circa 1920. Having lion and shield finials over bronze arms and leather seats supported on Curule bases
Category
Vintage 1920s American Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Depictions of the Goddess Nike, circa 1810
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This arrestingly beautiful pair of gilt bronze depictions of Nike the goddess of victory seated on
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Spanish Carved Oak and Leather Dining Sidechairs
Armchairs, Set of 8
Located in Dallas, TX
has a wide and deep seat over four Curule legs embellished with a bottom stretcher; every seat is
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Louis XIII Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Art Deco Curule Stool, France, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
The curule seat is associated with both ancient Roman and Napoleonic empires, a portable, often
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Stools
Materials
Fruitwood, Amboyna
Sella Curulis / Curule Seat Folding Scissor Chair
Located in Liverpool, GB
. a scissor-folding chair - an armchair, which has mainly decorative functions today.
A curule seat
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Chairs
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Maison Jansen Style Steel Brass Curule Hoofed Bench Faux Leopard
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
, here's a blurb, "A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Stools
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Hocker, Italy, 1970s
Located in Sint Annaland, NL
which has a geometric pattern.
Inspired on a curule seat which is a design of chair noted for its
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Brass, Iron
Two Seat Curule Form Iron Bench
Located in US
Unusual Two Seat Bench With Curule Form Base And Lattice Seat.
Category
20th Century Italian Benches
Materials
Iron
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Curule Seats For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of curule seats available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique curule seats was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and fabric. Curule seats have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of curule seats to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Regency, Empire and Mid-Century Modern curule seats are of considerable interest. Curule seats have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Artes De Mexico Internacionales, SA are consistently popular.
How Much are Curule Seats?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,420, while they’re typically $665 on the low end and $30,995 highest priced.
Finding the Right Seating for You
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
Questions About Curule Seats
- What is a Roman curule?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The word curule in ancient Rome referred to something that had the authority of senior magistrates. Because of the status of these people, they sat upon a sella curulis, which was a special seat that can be folded up due to its X shape. Today, the term curule seat, curule chair or curule stool is used to describe the shape of these distinctive seats. Shop a collection of curule seats from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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