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4922 - A Roman military folding chair, 2nd century CE. Such chairs, known as "sella," were used as status symbols and markers of command during the Etruscan and early Roman periods. By the Roman Republican and Imperial periods, the folding chair—known as the “Curulian chair”—together with the fasces, constituted essential insignia of consuls, censors, praetors, and aediles. This type is an iron field chair, referred to as “sella castrensis” or a “camp stool,” which was customarily used by military authorities—usually reserved for commanders in the field. (eroded) w. 46.2, h. 35.5, and d. 46.7 cm. Provenance: Gallery Stormbroek, 2002. Private Dutch collection, Wassenaar. [1]
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A Roman military folding chair, 2nd century CE. Such chairs, known as "sella," were used as status symbols and markers of command during the Etruscan and early Roman periods. By the Roman Republican and Imperial periods, the folding chair—known as the “Curulian chair”—together with the fasces, constituted essential insignia of consuls, censors, praetors, and aediles. This type is an iron field chair, referred to as “sella castrensis” or a “camp stool,” which was customarily used by military authorities—usually reserved for commanders in the field. (eroded) w. 46.2, h. 35.5, and d. 46.7 cm. Provenance: Gallery Stormbroek, 2002. Private Dutch collection, Wassenaar. [1]
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