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Curule Foot Stool

Fine Pair Of Antique Carved Oak Frame X Base Curule Foot Stools
Fine Pair Of Antique Carved Oak Frame X Base Curule Foot Stools

Fine Pair Of Antique Carved Oak Frame X Base Curule Foot Stools

Located in Bridgeport, CT

A pair of Foot Stools s in Roman Curule style with carved Oak frames having a central Stylized Floral Medallion, carved and turned stretcher and worn Diamond pattern Champagne tone f...

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Antique Late 19th Century Neoclassical Benches

Materials

Brass

EMPIRE CLOCK in bronze with its beautiful original gilded patina depicting
EMPIRE CLOCK in bronze with its beautiful original gilded patina depicting

EMPIRE CLOCK in bronze with its beautiful original gilded patina depicting

Located in Berlin, DE

Applies bronze clock completely and finely carved, decorated with a lyre player foot on a curule stool, his zither placed beside the dial, the latter flanked by wreaths and musical i...

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Antique Early 1800s Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

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Pair of White Painted Curule Style French Louis XVI Style Foot Stools Ottomans
Pair of White Painted Curule Style French Louis XVI Style Foot Stools Ottomans

Pair of White Painted Curule Style French Louis XVI Style Foot Stools Ottomans

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

This is a fantastic pair of French curule style footstools that are from the 1950s era. They each measure 18 inches tall x 22 wide x 18 deep.

Category

Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Stools

Materials

Beech

Maitland Smith Italian Regency Style Curule Paw Foot Carved X-Frame Bench Stool
Maitland Smith Italian Regency Style Curule Paw Foot Carved X-Frame Bench Stool

Maitland Smith Italian Regency Style Curule Paw Foot Carved X-Frame Bench Stool

By Maitland Smith

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Maitland Smith Italian Regency style Curule paw foot carved wood bench, circa 20th-21st century. Measurements: 27" H x 31" W x 21" D x 20" Seat height.

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20th Century Indonesian Regency Benches

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Artes De Mexico Spanish Revival Curule Foot Stool Ottoman Leather Seat & Straps
Artes De Mexico Spanish Revival Curule Foot Stool Ottoman Leather Seat & Straps

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 and straps by Artes De Mexico Internacionales.

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Vintage 1960s Mexican Spanish Colonial Footstools

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique French Empire Solid Mahogany Ball Foot Curule Bench Seat Low Stool
Antique French Empire Solid Mahogany Ball Foot Curule Bench Seat Low Stool

Antique French Empire Solid Mahogany Ball Foot Curule Bench Seat Low Stool

Located in West Chester, PA

Wonderful antique bench with curved seat and solid mahogany curule frame on ball feet.

Category

Early 20th Century American Empire Benches

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Mahogany Curule Foot Stool
Mahogany Curule Foot Stool

Mahogany Curule Foot Stool

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H 16.5 in W 21 in D 20 in

Mahogany Curule Foot Stool

Located in Woodbury, CT

an early 19th century foot stool in curule form in the Duncan Phyfe, NYC manner, upholstered foot rest. central stretcher with turnings. bulls eye roundels at the bottom of the legs....

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Antique 19th Century American American Classical Stools

Materials

Mahogany, Upholstery

New England Classical Curule Based Foot Stool
New England Classical Curule Based Foot Stool

New England Classical Curule Based Foot Stool

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H 15.5 in W 18.5 in D 15 in

New England Classical Curule Based Foot Stool

Located in Great Barrington, MA

A good representative example probably made in or near
Boston.

Category

Antique 19th Century American Footstools

Materials

Mahogany, Pine, Ash

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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.

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