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Savonarola Lion

Antique Renaissance Revival Mahogany Curule Savonarola Lion Throne Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Renaissance Revival throne armchair. Made of mahogany featuring curule / savonarola
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Antique Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Curule Savonarola Lion Throne Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Exceptional mid 19th century Italian Renaissance Revival Savonarola Curule Arm Chair. Features a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

One Two Decorative Folding Savonarola Armchairs with Lion Head Well Carved Arms
By Dante Savonarola
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale one of two Savonarola armchairs I have a pair, this auction
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20th Century English Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

One Two Folding Savonarola Armchairs with Silk Hanging Tassels Well Carved
By Dante Savonarola
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale one of two Savonarola armchairs I have a pair, this auction
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20th Century English Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Antique Italian Savonarola Dante Chair Carved Oak Renaissance Lion Shield
Located in Tyler, TX
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Oak "Savonarola" or "Dante" Chair~~early 20th Century These
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Chairs

Materials

Oak

French Hand Carved Savonarola Stool or Bench Raised on Lion's Paws
Located in Sofia, BG
Comfortable French mahogany Savonarola stool raised on gracefully curved legs end with stylised
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Early 20th Century French Stools

Materials

Wood

20th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola x Folding Lion Head Throne Armchair
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola Maple Campaign armchair. Features an X frame with
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20th Century Unknown Renaissance Revival Chairs

Materials

Brass

Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Savonarola Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance Savonarola style walnut armchair with cupids on back and lion carved arms (19th
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Savonarola Folding Chair circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Renaissance style walnut Savonarola folding chair from circa 1900 with lion paw feet
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Italian 18th Century Renaissance Savonarola Chair in Amazingly Carved Walnut
Located in Carimate, Como
Impressive and fully original Renaissance Savonarola chair in amazingly carved walnut, it looks
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola Chair Side Chairs
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & fully original pair of Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chairs in carved birch
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Side Chairs

Materials

Birch

Italian 19th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola Chair in Walnut Side Chair
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & fully original Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chair in carved walnut. Restored in
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Birch, Walnut

Florentine Savonarola Chair, all hand Carved Walnut Restored and Wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important Original Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chair in carved walnut restored and polished
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Antique American Robert Mitchell Carved Chinoiserie Savonarola Dragon Chair 1900
Located in Portland, OR
lion and the chair is raised on carved claw feet. Condition is excellent, the chair is robust and
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Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Pair of Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench or Settle
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench or settee featuring a lion shield in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Settees

Materials

Walnut

1800s Florentine Renaissance Sofa & Pair Dante Chairs Carved ebonozed Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Vicenza. Solid and handsome Savonarola chair also called a "Dante" chair is beautifully carved warm
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Settees

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Pair of Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench or Settle
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench or settee featuring a lion shield in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Settees

Materials

Walnut

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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 saddle seat form and lion head carvings. Features a cello neck back tapering to a scro...
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Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century, Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Melon Form Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, 19th century. Chinese lacquer and gilt decorated melon form tea caddy chest or box. The piece is heavily decorated with chinoiserie windows and supported by three giltwood ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer

A French 19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Style Large Curule Stools
By Maison Jansen, Georges Jacob
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Pair of Large Rectangular Curule Stools Gilt and carved wood, decorated with interlace frieze, acanthus leaves and rosaces The 4 feet linked by a gadrooned str...
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Stools

Materials

Tapestry, Wood, Giltwood

Antique Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Chair, circa 1880
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Baroque carved walnut throne chair, circa 1880. The chair having a carved crest with a shell motif to the center flanked by a pair of finials, the central black-splat heavily...
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Antique 1880s English Baroque Revival Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Italian Curule Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Iron, brass and leather curule armchair. Originally meant for Roman magistrates, this version features tooled and gilded leather on an iron frame with brass mounts joining the back r...
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Early 20th Century British Classical Roman Chairs

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Italian Curule Armchair
Italian Curule Armchair
H 31 in W 24 in D 19 in
Antique Blue White Chinese Porcelain Qing Dynasty Kangxi Period Dragon Vase 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A large and rare antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Rouleau dragon vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the vase dating to the late 1600s. The vase of slightly tapered ...
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Antique 1680s Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Italian Iron and Leather Savonarola Or Curule Chair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning Italian iron Savonarola Dante chair also known as Curule chairs. Featuring a scissor form iron frame that folds in a Campaign style with iron finials and feet. The seat and ...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Iron

Italian Savonarola Dante Or Curule Folding Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Stunning Italian iron Savonarola Dante chair also known as x chairs or Curule chairs. Featuring an iron frame that folds in a Campaign style with bronze-mounted finials. A sling back...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Canapes

Materials

Iron

Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sherborne, GB
Mahogany Curule style open armchair in the manor of the design of Thomas. Hope. This attractive late 19th century chair has a moulded X frame facade with a central carved reeded rand...
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Mahogany

Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
H 35.83 in W 22.05 in D 21.26 in
Japanese Dragon Vase
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Japanese hand crafted glazed pottery dragon vase
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Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Dragon Vase
Japanese Dragon Vase
H 8.5 in W 9 in D 8 in
Pair Antique Syrian Moorish Inlaid Folding Chairs, Late 19th Century, Syria
Located in Austin, TX
A classic and elegant near pair of antique Syrian carved walnut folding scribes chairs with shell and bone inlay, late 19th century, Syria. The chairs of hand carved walnut in a f...
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Antique Late 19th Century Syrian Moorish Chairs

Materials

Bone, Shell, Walnut

Pair of Italian Steel and Bronze Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Savonarola style folding chairs with Curule form bases. Backs and seats are gilt embossed taupe suede. Four bronze finials.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Bronze, Steel

19th Century Japanese Imari Vases with Raised Dragon
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very unique pair of Japanese Imari vases hand painted in typical colors of cobalt and bittersweet with bold dragons in relief undulating over the surface, last quarter 19th...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Other Vases

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Porcelain

20th Century Spanish Glazed Cruche or Pitcher, Toledo, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Spanish glazed cruche or pitcher, Toledo, Spain The purpose of storing water in an earthenware pitcher is to keep the water cool.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Pitchers

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Ceramic

Large Giltwood Neoclassical Chandelier with Tassels & 6 Lights
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large giltwood Neoclassical style chandelier with Tassels & 6 lights.
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20th Century Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wood

Superb Satinwood and Hand Painted Chinoiserie Cockpen Armchair c. 1900
Located in Heathfield, GB
On behalf of a gentleman collector, a most beautiful and capacious satinwood Thomas Chippendale design cockpen armchair. The whole with hand painted lacquer work panels of chinoise...
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20th Century Armchairs

Materials

Satinwood

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Savonarola Bronze and Wrought Iron Hall Bench
Located in Sheffield, MA
Bronze and wrought iron hall bench in Savonarola style on X-form bases with molded arms, lion
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20th Century British Renaissance Revival Benches

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

20th Century Florentine Renaissance Carved Wood Savonarola Chair
Located in Firenze, IT
Beautiful typical florentine Renaissance style carved wood folding Savonarola chair with lion
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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Side Chairs

Chrome Lion Chair
By Karpen & Bros., L'Esperance Design, R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exact replica of an Italian Renaissance-Style Carved Walnut Savonarola Chair, 19th c. With
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21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Chairs

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Composition, Chrome, Steel

Chrome Lion Chair
Chrome Lion Chair
H 38.5 in W 27 in D 21.5 in
Gold Chrome Lion Chair
By Karpen & Bros., R.J. Horner & Co., L'Esperance Design
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exact replica of an Italian Renaissance style carved walnut Savonarola chair, 19th century
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21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Chairs

Materials

Composition, Chrome, Steel

Gold Chrome Lion Chair
Gold Chrome Lion Chair
H 38.5 in W 27 in D 21.5 in
French Gold Chrome Lion Chair
By Karpen & Bros., R.J. Horner & Co., L'Esperance Design
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exact replica of an Italian Renaissance style carved walnut Savonarola chair, 19th century
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21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Chairs

Materials

Composition, Chrome, Steel

French Gold Chrome Lion Chair
French Gold Chrome Lion Chair
H 38.5 in W 27 in D 21.5 in
Italian Walnut Savonarola Armchair Cherubs Riding Lions Angels Putti, circa 1800
By Dante Savonarola
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning heavily carved circa 1800 Savonarola
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Antique Early 1800s Italian Georgian Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Oak Lions Head Savonarola Chair
Located in Garnerville, NY
Carved oak Savonarola chair. Sumptuously carved paw feet, lions heads, leaf and scroll design
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Mohair, Oak

Oak Lions Head Savonarola Chair
Oak Lions Head Savonarola Chair
H 43.5 in W 26 in D 21 in
Savonarola Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
19th Century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola chair with lion arms. Typical of the Italian
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Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Savonarola Chair
Savonarola Chair
H 38 in W 29.25 in D 18.5 in
Wrought Iron Savonarola Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th century Savonarola chair in original unrestored condition. Hand made wrought iron, paw feet
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Antique 19th Century European Chairs

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Wrought Iron Savonarola Chair
Wrought Iron Savonarola Chair
H 40.5 in W 22.78 in D 19 in
Venetian Carved Walnut Savonarola Chair
By Luigi Frullini
Located in Montreal, QC
Sculptural Venetian carved walnut savonarola arm chair with armorial crest flanked by lions. In the
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of Four Walnut Savonarola Chairs
Located in Garnerville, NY
Set of four carved walnut folding Savonarola style chairs, circa 1960-1970. Very good quality
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Carved Walunt Savonarola Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Solid and handsome Savonarola chair also called a "Dante" chair is beautifully carved warm
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Antique 1860s Italian Renaissance Revival Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Pair of Mediterranean Revival Savonarola-style Iron/Brass Chairs
Located in Bellport, NY
Cast and Wrought iron open armchairs of "Savonarola"form in the 16th Century style,complemented
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Vintage 1930s Italian Chairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Savonarola Chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
lions masks and grotesques. Carved backrest with stud work upholstery. X frame savonarola shape
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Antique Savonarola Armchair, English, Gothic Revival, James Shoolbred, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Savonarola armchair. An English, walnut seat with overt Gothic revival overtones
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Antique Late 19th Century British Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Dante, Savonarola or Crossing Hand Carved Wood Leather Heavy Chair
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Dante or Savonarola wood and leather heavy chair. This is an X- shaped frame chair. The
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Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Bleached French Oak Curule Bench with Lion Heads and Iron Rings, Circa 1920
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique French stool frame, known as a curule or savonarola, is made of bleached oak and is
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Vintage 1920s French Classical Roman Stools

Materials

Metal, Iron

19th Century Baroque Italian Armchair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rare Early 19th Century Baroque Italian side chair nicely carved with high relief cherub and lions
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Antique 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Armchairs

Materials

Walnut, Velvet

Savonarola Style Carved Lion Head X-Form Chair
Located in New York, NY
Savonarola style carved lion head and paw feet "X" form chair with upholstered cushion seat. The
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Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Chairs

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Walnut Savonarola Chairs with Carved Lion Head Arms Vintage, Pair
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous carved Savonarola style pair of chairs in walnut with lion heads for the arm ends. This is
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20th Century Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola Chair Lion Masks
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & fully original pair of Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chairs in carved birch
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Antique Italian Renaissance Savonarola Throne Armchairs with Lion Heads
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of antique Italian Renaissance Savonarola throne armchairs with lion heads. Item remarkable
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Spanish Renaissance Leather Lion Carved Savonarola Throne Chair, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Spanish Renaissance brown leather lion carved Savonarola Throne chairs - a pair. Item
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Late 20th Century Mexican Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of 1920s Wood Savonarola Chairs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1920s Savonarola chairs in carved wood frames with lion paws. Needs reupholstering.
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Vintage 1920s Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of 1920s Wood Savonarola Chairs
Pair of 1920s Wood Savonarola Chairs
H 37.5 in W 27.25 in D 20.5 in
Set of Six Italian Folding Savonarola Chairs
Located in Danville, CA
Set of six fine Italian Savonarola Chairs. Folding Curule form frames feature carved Lion Head
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Vintage 1940s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Italian 19th Century Renaissance Revival Savonarola Chair in Walnut Side Chair
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & fully original Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chair in carved walnut. Restored in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Armchairs

Materials

Birch, Walnut

Antique Savonarola Italian Regency Empire Style Cast Iron Griffin Bench Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Savonarola Italian Regency Empire style cast iron Griffin bench stool. Item includes cast
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Antique 19th Century European Empire Benches

Materials

Iron

19th Set of Four Century Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench/Settle
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench/settee featuring a lion shield in the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Settees

Materials

Walnut

Antique Carved Mahogany Savonarola Folding X Figural Dragon Throne Arm Chair Sea
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Savonarola mahogany Campaign arm chair. Features a serpentine X frame with dragon / lion
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Antique Late 19th Century Campaign Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Italian Wrought Iron Curule Style Stool or Chair, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully hand crafted wrought iron Curule or Savonarola style chair or stool with original
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Bronze Leather and Iron Campaign Chairs
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of Oscar Bach bronze, leather and wrought iron folding Savonarola style campaign armchairs
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Vintage 1920s American Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Antique Savonarola Chairs with Griffins
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
silk velvet fabric. They feature winged griffins; urns carved into the backs and lion armrests. The
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Antique Savonarola Chairs with Griffins
Antique Savonarola Chairs with Griffins
H 40.75 in W 26.5 in D 20 in
Pair of "X" or "Savonarola" Armchairs
Located in Charleston, SC
rails terminated by Lion's paw feet. Once the back "Crest Rail" is removed the chairs can be folded as
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of "X" or "Savonarola" Armchairs
Pair of "X" or "Savonarola" Armchairs
H 38 in W 28 in D 23.5 in
20th Century Florentine Renaissance Carved Wood Savonarola Chair
Located in Firenze, IT
Beautiful typical Florentine Renaissance style carved wood folding Savonarola chair with lion
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Wood

Antique Iron Savonarola Chair with Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in Houston, TX
A beautifully made and detailed Savonarola chair crafted in iron with brass details and red velvet
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Armchairs

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Antique 19th Century French High Back Savonarola Style Armchair
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This antique Savonarola style upholstered chair is rare in the fact that the popular style is not
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair of Large Italian Ebonised Savonarola Chairs with Velvet Upholstery c.1880
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of imposing Italian ebonised walnut Savonarola hall chairs with beautiful burgundy
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Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Upholstery

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Savonarola Lion For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic savonarola lion available at 1stDibs. Each savonarola lion for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and birch. Your living room may not be complete without a savonarola lion — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each savonarola lion bearing Baroque, modern or Arts and Crafts hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Savonarola Lion?

Prices for a savonarola lion can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $950 and can go as high as $16,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,427.

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