Type 3

Background:

There

Seating:

Seating is along the X.

Practical Matters:

These

Construction Notes:

It

Common Terms: Dantesca Chair, X Chair, Dante Chair, Sedia Dantesca (Latin), Scherenstuhl (German)

Gallery of Period Illustrations and Extant Examples

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  Detail from Bartolommeo Bonghi by Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1554 Src

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  ‘Queen Mary Tudor’s Chair’ (c.1554) in Winchester Cathedral. According to a seventeenth-century account, this chair was used by Mary during her marriage ceremony. Src

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  Rijksmusem (Netherlands) online collection. Walnut, newer leather on seat and back, c. 1620-50. Src

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  Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany. Sedia Dantesca 15th Century Spain. Src

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  Rijksmusem online collection. Elm with bone or mother of pearl inlay. Spanish or northern Italy, 16th Century. Src

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  Metropolitan Museum of Art. Italy, 16th Century. Elm with leather seating. Src

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  Sotheby’s Auction Catalog. Ivory inlaid walnut, Andalusia, 15th – 16th Century. No, you can’t afford it, it sold for $116,500 in 2012. Src

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